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Konnichiwa..wah..ini ada satu berita yg mana di Jepun sekarangni sedang di landa ribut salji..Mungkin korg ada perasan psl berita ini.. Dilaporkan sudah beberapa minggu ribut salji yang melanda utara Jepun masih belum menunjukkan sebarang perubahan..Bukan itu sahaja, kematian jg telah dilaporkan..Hmm...bahaya juga kalu smpi ada kematian..

Angka kematian meningkat 56 orang

Menurut sumber, sudah 56 orang terbunuh sepanjang ribut salji melanda utara Jepun sejak berminggu-minggu lalu..Agensi pengurusan bencana  berkata, bencana itu turut menyebabkan runtuhan salji serta menjejaskan rangkaian pengangkutan..Bukan itu sahaja, tiga orang pengunjung jg terbunuh dlm runtuhan salji ke atas tiga buah khemah dalam kejadian terbaru di kawasan pelancongan terkenal dgn kolam air panas di utara wilayah Akita, semalam..

Malahan, salji tebal turut meliputi seluruh kawasan utara pulau Hokkaido dan pulau Honshu serta menjejaskan beberapa bahagian selatan negara ini..Di Sukayu yg terletak di utara wilayah Aomori, suhu menurun sehingga -9.2 darjah Celcius & salji setebal 4.29 meter..peh..memg sejuklah kalu dh suhu mcm ni..

Disebabkan salji yg tebal jg, lebih 100 buah kereta t'kandas di sebatang jalan di wilayah Sukayu..manakala di wilayah Yamagata dan Niigita pula mencatatkan ketebalan lebih tiga meter..dan ini juga menyebabkan penerbangan t'paksa dibatalkan & perkhidmatan kereta api jg ditangguhkan, termasuklah rangkaian kereta api peluru shinkasen..


Nak berita lebih lanjut sila baca ruangan di bawah ini..

AKITA--One man and two women were killed by an avalanche that occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at a hot spring resort in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, according to police.
The 40-meter-wide avalanche struck a bedrock bathing area about 300 meters from a Japanese-style inn at Tamagawa Onsen, the police said.
The victims were Etsuko Kusakai, 63, of Izumi Ward, Yokohama; Yoko Masukawa, 65, of Nakano Ward, Tokyo; and Yuzuru Saito, 59, of Semboku. All three were staying at the inn.
In the area where the avalanche hit, three tents set up by the inn for bathers were buried under 1.5 meters of snow.
Kusakai and Masukawa died of chest compression, while Saito died of suffocation due to burns in her respiratory tract caused by geothermal heat.
Though it was unlikely there were other victims, 55 police officers searched the accident site Thursday morning.
Tamagawa Onsen is located in Towada-Hachimantai National Park. Many cancer patients visit the resort hoping to enjoy therapeutic effects from the hot spring.
After the avalanche, two guests bathing in the same area reported the accident to the inn. They were also buried by the snow, but managed to dig themselves out on their own.
Staff members of the inn dug the three victims out of the snow and attempted to revive them with cardiac massages at the site, and then at the inn with an automated external defibrillator. The victims were confirmed dead after being transported to a hospital.
An avalanche warning for Akita Prefecture had been issued since Monday. On Wednesday, heavy snow and strong winds pummeled areas on the Sea of Japan coast in northern and western Japan.
Takeshi Ito, professor emeritus at the Akita National College of Technology, said the accident may have been caused by a surface avalanche, which occurs when a fresh layer of snow slides over a compressed layer.
"The speed of surface avalanches can sometimes exceed 100 kilometers per hour. Their destructive force is considerable," Ito said.
According to the inn, guests are permitted to use the bedrock bath year-round. Although the inn asks guests to refrain from nighttime bathing, as it becomes dark after 4 p.m., regular visitors prefer bathing at night because the area is less crowded.

(Feb. 3, 2012)

Sumber : THE DAILY YOMIURI , Utusan Malaysia

* Bersyukur kepada Tuhan kerana negara kita Malaysia tiada kejadian ribut salji seperti di Jepun..walaupun di negara kita memang tiada musim salji..Sama-samalah berdoa agar negara Malaysia dijauhkan daripada bencana seperti ini..