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US: Aspen Acres Fire Rages in Colorado, Prompting Mandatory Evacuations 4

The Aspen Acres Fire broke out on Monday, June 29, near the Aspen Acres Campground in Colorado, burning over 23,000 acres with 0% containment. Multiple homes were lost, and mandatory evacuations were ordered for several areas.

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Japan: Heavy Snow Paralyzes Aomori as Record Accumulation Piles Up

A series of strong cold air masses brought heavy snowfall to northern Japan from January 21 through February 2. According to authorities, a total of 30 people have died across the region since January 20 due to snow-related incidents. In Aomori City, numerous vehicles were left stranded by the snow, causing traffic congestion in many areas. Snow accumulation reached 178 centimeters on February 2—about 2.6 times the seasonal average—prompting the closure of all public elementary and junior high schools in the city.

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Heavy snow in Aomori

People remove snow near a house in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2026, as heavy snow continues to hit the region.

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Heavy snow in Aomori

People remove snow near a house in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2026, as heavy snow continues to hit the region.

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Japan: Record January Snowfall Hits Aomori, Disrupting Traffic and Trains

On January 28, Aomori City recorded 150 centimeters of snowfall for the first time in 40 years, causing traffic congestion across the city and a series of train service suspensions. Snow depth reached 154 centimeters by 9 p.m., tying for the second-highest January total on record, last seen on January 30, 1986. According to Aomori Prefecture, as of 2 p.m. on January 29, two people had died and 85 others were injured, while damage was confirmed at four residential properties. The video captures conditions in Aomori City on the morning of January 29, showing the extent of the heavy snowfall.

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Japan: Cold Front Brings Heavy Snow, Weather Warnings to Northern Region 2

A strong cold front moved into northern Japan, bringing heavy snow. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a weather warning for some areas, including Hokkaido and Aomori on Tuesday, November 18.

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Japan: Cold Front Brings Heavy Snow, Weather Warnings to Northern Region 3

A strong cold front moved into northern Japan, bringing heavy snow. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a weather warning for some areas, including Hokkaido and Aomori on Tuesday, November 18.

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Japan: Cold Front Brings Heavy Snow, Weather Warnings to Northern Region

A strong cold front moved into northern Japan, bringing heavy snow. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a weather warning for some areas, including Hokkaido and Aomori on Tuesday, November 18.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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Heavy snowfall in Japan

A person removes snow in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Jan. 9, 2025, following heavy snowfall.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 2

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video was shot in Tsugaru City, located on the west coast of the Tsugaru Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan in Aomori Prefecture, and it shows blizzard conditions.

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Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures 3

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

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Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

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Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures 2

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

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Heavy snow in Japan

Heavy snow continues in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2025.

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

People walk in the snow-covered northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2025, shows a pedestrian on a snow-cleared path in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori following heavy snow.

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Snow in northeastern Japan

Vehicles drive on Dec. 22, 2024, as snow continues to fall in Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Snow in northeastern Japan

A cyclist crosses a road on Dec. 22, 2024, as snow continues to fall in Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, known as a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens after wintertime closure on March 29, 2023, ushering in spring. Driving the eight-kilometer road with a snow wall up to 6.5 meters high will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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Snow scene in Japan

Children walk in the snow in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Snow scene in Japan

People walk in the snow in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Heavy snow forecast for Japan

A man removes snow from a sidewalk in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023, as the country braces for heavy snowfall amid a once-in-a-decade cold snap.

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Heavy snow forecast for Japan

People remove snow from a sidewalk in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023, as the country braces for heavy snowfall amid a once-in-a-decade cold snap.

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Heavy snow forecast for Japan

People remove snow from a sidewalk in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023, as the country braces for heavy snowfall amid a once-in-a-decade cold snap.

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Heavy snow forecast for Japan

Commuters walk in the snow near Aomori Station in northeastern Japan on Jan. 24, 2023, as the country braces for heavy snowfall amid a once-in-a-decade cold snap.

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Heavy snow forecast for Japan

Commuters walk in the snow near Aomori Station in northeastern Japan on Jan. 24, 2023, as the country braces for heavy snowfall amid a once-in-a-decade cold snap.

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Wide areas of Japan under snowfall warning for election day

AOMORI, Japan - A man works to clear snow from a sidewalk in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Dec. 13, 2014. The weather agency warned of heavy snow across wide areas of Japan on Dec. 14 when the country will go to the polls for a general election.

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Pet dogs on the slide in Japan

AOMORI, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - A woman walks with her dogs through a snow covered street in Aomori, Japan, in December 2014. The aging population and the higher cost of keeping dogs has likely contributed to the sliding number of pet canines in Japan, with cats overtaking them in 2017 for the first time since an annual survey began in 1994, according to industry experts.

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Heavy snow in Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A man removes snow from a roof in a shopping district in the northeastern Japanese city of Aomori on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Heavy snow in Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A woman shovels snow in a shopping district in the northeastern Japanese city of Aomori on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Northern Japan hit by strong wind, snow

AOMORI, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2014, shows the downtown of the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, which has been hit by a cold front.

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Snow on Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line cleared

AOMORI, Japan - A snowplow clears a path at Kasamatsutoge in Aomori Prefecture, midpoint of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line (National Highway Route 103), on March 27, 2014. The route linking the city of Aomori in northeastern Japan and areas around Lake Towada, with walls of snow accumulating as high as 8 meters on its sides, will be reopened to ordinary traffic from April 1 after being closed for winter.

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Record snow in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A house is half buried in snow in the Sukayu hot spring resort in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 25, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 550 centimeters as of 11 a.m.

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Record snow in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A tourist tries to dig out a car buried in snow in the Sukayu hot spring resort in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 25, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 550 centimeters as of 11 a.m.

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Record snow in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows an area of Sukayu, a hot spring resort in Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 550 centimeters as of 11 a.m.

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Record snow in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows a car driving on a road sandwiched by snow walls near Sukayu, a hot spring resort area in Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 25, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 550 centimeters as of 11 a.m.

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Record snowfall in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - People walk on a snow-covered sidewalk in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 21, 2013. The same day, 515 centimeters of snow was recorded in the Sukayu district of the northeastern Japanese city, a record snowfall for that area.

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Record snow this winter

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows snow removal work in Sukayu, a hot spring resort area in Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 515 centimeters as of 1 p.m.

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Record snow this winter

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows snow removal work in Sukayu, a hot spring resort area in Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2013. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a new snow accumulation record for existing observation points in Japan was set the same day, with Sukayu registering 515 centimeters as of 1 p.m.

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Vehicles halted by snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows vehicles stranded in heavy snow on Route 279 in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Cars trapped in snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows cars stranded on a snowy road in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on the evening of Feb. 1, 2012.

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Vehicles halted by snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - People take advantage of a refuge center in the town of Yokohama, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, early on Feb. 2, 2012, after their vehicles became stranded in heavy snow on Route 279.

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Snow monkeys, nationally protected species, exhibited at Tokyo zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow monkeys from Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost habitat in the world for a simian, are exhibited to the public at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Jan. 24, 2010. One of the 23 nationally protected Japanese macaques escaped from the zoo on the same day, the first day of public exhibition, but was captured six hours later by employees of the zoo.

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Winter Asian Games set to go in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Delegates from Japan, South Korea and China to the Winter Asian Games attend a welcoming ceremony amid falling snow at a park in front of the Aomori prefectural government building in Aomori City on Jan. 30. The opening ceremony for the event will take place Feb. 1.