Japan's heavy snow death toll hits 30

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Soldiers and swarms of snow ploughs battled to clear record-breaking snow that has buried northern Japanese cities as the death toll from winter storms ticked up to 30 people on Tuesday (Feb 3).   In Aomori, a city at the northern tip of Japan's main Honshu island, troops from Japan's Self-Defense Forces helped clear snow from rooftops and pavements as authorities struggled to cope with the heaviest snowfall seen in four decades.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Soldiers and snowplows battled record snowfall across northern Japan as the winter storm

00:07death toll reached 30 on Tuesday.

00:10In Aomori, Self-Defense Forces troops cleared snow from rooftops and streets following the

00:15heaviest snowfall in 40 years, while in Sapporo about 1,000 snowplows worked to clear 3,800

00:22kilometers of roads.

00:24More than 100 people have been seriously injured nationwide since January 20.

00:30The extreme weather could also affect turnout in Sunday's national election, the first

00:34winter vote in 36 years.

00:37Aomori Governor Soichiro Miyashita requested military assistance to help elderly residents

00:43and clear snow piled as high as 1.8 meters, warning of life-threatening risks from falling

00:49snow and structural collapses.

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00:55Thanks, Dennis Mitchell.

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