260 cars still stranded in snow in Japan, plowing continues

Roughly 260 cars remained stranded on a snowy road on the Sea of Japan coast Thursday morning, with many people already having spent two nights there while plowing efforts continued.The Ground Self-Defense Force said the vehicles could be able to leave this evening, once its members complete removing snow in the area using heavy equipment.Heavy snow started to block traffic Tuesday morning and roughly 1,500 vehicles were stuck in a 10-kilometer stretch of Route 8 in Fukui Prefecture at one point.The GSDF began removing snow that afternoon in response to a request for help by the Fukui prefe…READ FULL ARTICLE