Deadly blizzard slams Japan

Heavy snow that fell in northern Japan over the weekend killed eight people on Hokkaido island, including a family whose car became buried.

In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, policemen shovel snow around a vehicle of Kazuyo Miyashita along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after the vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the ... more
In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, policemen shovel snow around a vehicle of Kazuyo Miyashita along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after the vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the family. (AP Photo/Hokkaido Shimbun Press via Kyodo News) less