Heaviest snow in 50 yrs for Dec. hits Sapporo, disrupts traffic

People crowd JR Sapporo Station on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on Dec. 23, 2016, as train services were canceled due to heavy snowfall. Sapporo recorded the heaviest snowfall in 50 years for December, disrupting air and railway traffic and affecting nearly 50,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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