In Muroran, blackout caused by snow storm.

  Until morning, it was raining here in Tomakomai, but in Muroran and Noboribetsu which are only 50 km away from Tomakomai, it was snowing heavily. The maximum wind speed in Muroran was 39.7 km/h, and power poles were fell over and caused a massive power failure. The number of the families experiencing black out in Muroran and Noboribets is over 50,000.