Avalanche in Akita

Avalanche in Akita

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the site where tents for a hot-stone bath were buried in snow due to an avalanche which happened the previous day in Semboku, Akita Prefecture. Three people were found in a state of cardiac arrest after they were caught in the avalanche while taking a hot-stone bath at a hot spring inn, and all subsequently died. (Kyodo)

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