You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

The strongest cold air mass of the season has intensified snow in many parts of Japan. Record snowfalls were observed in ...

There’s so much snow on the ground in Hokkaido, Japan, that it’s blocking the doors and windows of homes and businesses on ...

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video ...

As of 4 p.m., snow and icy conditions contributed to 193 flight delays and 28 cancelations, adding to the more than 280 ...

Snow measured in feet is blanketing parts of Japan this week, with snowfall rates among the highest on record. This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow. What happened ...

TOKYO -- Due to the coldest wave of the season, the Japanese archipelago experienced heavy snow mainly on the Sea of Japan coast Feb. 6. Snow accumulation is likely to continue to increase in many ...

Due to the coldest wave of the season, the Japanese archipelago experienced heavy snow mainly on the Sea of Japan coast Feb.

As senior digital meteorologist Jonathan Erdman explains, it’s because bitterly cold air originating from Siberia streams over the relatively warmer Sea of Japan, generating streamers of sea ...