Japan getting slammed again by a blizzard (1/19/21)

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Edited to add:

Heavy Blizzard in Akita, Japan 2021. One person was killed and at least 17 injured Tuesday in a massive pileup of at least 134 vehicles in blizzard conditions on a highway in northern Japan, officials said. About 200 people were stranded in the pileup, which forced the closure of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.

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1. Swear to a God I read "Lizard"

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2. ...

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4. Yup, it's a Godzilla thing... grok. nt

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3. Goes to show how a SSWE Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event can trick forecasters.

They often dump all of the cold arctic air on the Asian side of the hemisphere.