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Japan:Snowstorm:2016/01/18

Duration	2016/01/18	Heavy snow in eastern and northeastern Japan wreaked havoc with transportation systems and injured about 250 people on 18 January 2016 as central Tokyo was blanketed with 6 cm.
Country or District	Japan
Name	Snowstorm

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Cabinet Office 2016/01/27
Dead: 6 Seriously injured: 21 Slightly injured: 246	Half destroyed house: 2 Partially damaged house: 4 Inundation below floor level: 1 Nonresidential house: 1
Cabinet Office 2016/01/25
Dead: 5 Seriously injured: 12 Slightly injured: 184	Half destroyed house: 1 Partially damaged house: 2 Inundation below floor level: 2
Cabinet Office 2016/01/21
Seriously injured: 29 Slightly injured: 319	Partially damaged house: 17 Inundation above floor level: 1 Inundation below floor level: 3 Nonresidential house: 4
Cabinet Office 2016/01/20
Seriously injured: 26 Slightly injured: 309	Partially damaged house: 9 Inundation below floor level: 2 Nonresidential house: 2
Cabinet Office 2016/01/19
Seriously injured: 12 Slightly injured: 266 Injured to be confirmed: 1	Partially damaged house: 7 Inundation below floor level: 2
Cabinet Office 2016/01/19
Seriously injured: 7 Slightly injured: 187 Injured to be confirmed: 2	Partially damaged house: 3
Cabinet Office 2016/01/18
Seriously injured: 7 Slightly injured: 178 Injured to be confirmed: 3

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Report/Articles Cabinet Office 2016/01/27 Report of Cabinet Office as at 16:00, 27 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/25 Report of Cabinet Office as at 18:00, 25 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/21 Report of Cabinet Office as at 18:00, 21 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/20 Report of Cabinet Office as at 18:00, 20 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/19 Report of Cabinet Office as at 19:00, 19 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/19 Report of Cabinet Office as at 08:00, 19 January 2016 Cabinet Office 2016/01/18 Report of Cabinet Office as at 19:00, 18 January 2016 The Japan Times 2016/01/18 At least 40 people were sent to hospitals in Tokyo alone, and another 30 were reported injured in Saitama Prefecture, police and fire departments across the region said.

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