Heavy snow disrupts land, air transport

Heavy snow disrupts land, air transport

NAGAOKA, Japan - A woman clears away the snow in front of temporary housing in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 1 as heavy snow blanketed wide areas along the Sea of Japan coast. The houses were set up for victims of a series of earthquakes that hit the prefecture last year.

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