Snow damage.

Just like many other cities in northern part of Japan, one of the feature of Akita city is Snow fest.
It began on 1976, and they continued it every year, even the amount of snow was too little for having a fest.
But this year, they had to decide to discontinue this year, due to the too much snow.
They were not able to secure the planned site, which became the place to dump snow.

Heavy snowfalls made new records in many places in Japan.
An accumulation of snow deeper than the average height of Japanese was rare, but not anymore.

Government can't promote "Warm-biz" extensively.
Winter clothes are selling well, but perhaps not just because of "Warm-biz".

Snowplows are always in operation.
And yet, there are still isolated regions, since snow cuts off traffic on the highway.
Even worse news is that most of the people living in these areas are advanced age.

And snow is causing casualties.

This abnormal weather is caused by the unusual snow in Himalayas.
In fact, New Delhi in India recorded freezing temperature, and many people froze to death in Kashmir.

Will the next winter be like this too?
I don't think so, Unusually cold winter usually doesn't come successively.

But I can say that there will be a winter even colder than this year in few years.
Why?
Because the scientific analysis says that as the ice sheets in polar regions melt, climate in whole world will be more unstable.

Global Warming caused by economic activities of humankind is finally returning a vast amount of economic loss.