HOKKAIDO, Dec 19 (News On Japan) –
Eastern Hokkaido noticed its coldest temperatures of the 2025 winter season once more on the morning of December nineteenth, with authorities urging warning over icy roads as freezing situations unfold throughout the area.
The day’s lowest temperature was recorded in Rikubetsu Town, the place the mercury plunged to minus 26 levels Celsius, marking the coldest studying of the season to this point, whereas Sapporo additionally fell under minus 5 levels for the primary time in six days.
“Road surfaces where snow has melted become uneven and extremely slippery,” reporter Hika Higashikoba mentioned whereas surveying situations in Sapporo.
“It’s terrible. You just slide,” one Sapporo resident mentioned, whereas one other added, “The frozen patches are frightening.”
According to the Sapporo Fire Bureau, a complete of 403 folks have been transported to hospital this season after slipping on snowy or icy roads within the metropolis, the very best determine recorded prior to now seven years.
Temperatures are anticipated to rise sharply from the afternoon of December nineteenth, with forecasts exhibiting considerably warmer-than-average situations over the weekend.
Officials are warning residents to stay alert to speedy modifications in street situations and the chance of falling snow and ice as temperatures fluctuate.
Source: 北海道ニュースUHB