Weather tracker: Japan’s record snowfall causes chaos as temperatures dive Vehicles stranded, trains and planes cancelled, and schools closed after record 129cm of snow falls in 12 hours.
Heavy rain and mountain snow affected parts of California over the past week, triggering severe flooding and landslides.
In the Takachi district of Obihiro, a city in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, a record 129cm (4ft) of snowfall in 12 hours was measured earlier this week.
More than 1,100mm of rain was dumped on the town of Ingham and the city of Townsville since the beginning of this week, equivalent to about six months’ worth of rain.
Mount Shasta, a ski resort in northern California, has reported 172cm (68in) of snow in the last week, of which 130cm (51in) fell in three days.
