{"id":73593,"date":"2016-01-25T11:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T02:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=69759"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:41:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:41:49","slug":"fukuoka-weather-update-mon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-weather-update-mon\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Weather Update – Mon."},"content":{"rendered":"

A very strong atmospheric winter pressure pattern continues to affect the Fukuoka area. Below are some bits of information that we have gleaned from Japanese media sources regarding the forecast, transportation and closures. The situation is changing constantly, so this information may become out of date at any time. So please do NOT rely on this information entirely; please reconfirm with other sources as required.
\n\u2022 The city subway system is operating. (with some delays The Airport line and Hakozaki Line). Nanakuma Line was back on schedule as of 10:30am)
\n\u2022 The Fukuoka and Kitakyushu Urban Expressway are still closed.
\n\u2022 Nishitetsu Bus: all operations suspended (excluding a few routes, service resuming where and when possible).
\n\u2022 Nishitetsu Bus (Highway): operation for all 33 lines suspended.
\n\u2022 Nishitetsu Omuta Line: running (on delayed schedule)
\n\u2022 ANA flights connecting Haneda – Fukuoka were cancelled.
\n\u2022 Over 80 flights connecting Western Japan were cancelled.
\n\u2022 Warnings of snowfall throughout the daytime in all areas in Fukuoka Pref. (not significant in the Fukuoka City area though).
\n\u2022 Warnings of avalanches and snow falling (off roofs, for example) in the Prefecture.
\n\u2022 Monday morning ~ late evening: 1~3cm of snowfall predicted for Fukuoka Prefecture. 1 cm for Fukuoka City & by Kitakyushu by 17:00
\n\u2022 As of morning of Jan. 24: over 153 people injured in Fukuoka Pref. (car accidents, slipped on ice, etc.).
\n\u2022 There have been reports of frozen water pipes (at least 360 cases) in Fukuoka\/Kitakyushu area.
\n\u2022 People are still advised to refrain from leaving their homes unless necessary.
\n\u2022 All municipal kindergartens, Special Education Schools, ES and MS are closed today.<\/p>\n

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(Photo courtesy of Shayne Bowden)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A very strong atmospheric winter pressure pattern continues to affect the Fukuoka area. Below are some bits of information that we have gleaned from Japanese media sources regarding the forecast, transportation and closures. The situation is changing constantly, so this information may become out of date at any time. So please do NOT rely on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":69760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-73593","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/73593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}