Photos: Heavy Snow Killed 7, Injured 1000 In Japan

A woman crosses a snow-covered road assisted with walking sticks in Tokyo on February 9, 2014 (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Snow storm hit Tokyo and some other part of Japan on Saturday.

Tokyo recorded the heaviest snow fall in 45 years, while Sendai recorded the heaviest snow fall in 78 years.

By late Saturday, 27 centimetres (10.6 inches) of snow was recorded in Tokyo and 35 centimetres (13.8 inches) of snow was recorded in Sendai.

Reports on Sunday said that at least seven people were dead and more than 1,000 people were injured across Japan.

Due to the heavy snow, hundreds of flights were cancelled.

NHK said that nearly 5,000 people were stranded at the Narita airport Saturday as traffic linking the airport to the capital was disrupted.

More than 20,000 households were without electricity on Sunday.

Japan Meteorological Agency expected more snowfalls in the northern part of the country on Sunday.

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A woman walks against blowing snow in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A woman crosses a snow-covered road assisted with walking sticks in Tokyo on February 9, 2014 (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

A man walks on snow-covered tree-lined road in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. Some 20-centimeter (7.9-inch) of snowfall is expected by Sunday morning in the metropolitan areas. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

People walk against blowing snow in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Saturday the first heavy snowfall warning for central Tokyo in 13 years. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tourists walk on a snow at a park in Tokyo on February 9, 2014 after heavy snowfall hit the capital (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Tate Collectives: A Modern Twist To 19th Century Paintings

Blink and you’ll miss it: Mattias Brown has brought the “Portrait of Sidney Wells’ into the 21st century.(Mattias Brown/ Tate Collective)

A group of talented film makers and artists from Tate Collective used GIFS to give a modern twist to paintings dated from the 1840s to the 1890s which were housed in Tate Britain.

Tate Collective artists organise events and create their own work for the events at the world-famous gallery.

Italian experimental artist and animator Rino Stefano Tagliafierro also use GIFS to bring paintings to life.

What’s that on your nose? ‘Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander’, painted in 1872-4 by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, is transformed with a swarm of butterflies – although Miss Cicely herself does not look too happy about how things have turned out. (Nicolas Monterrat/ Tate Collectives)

It’s party time! Film makers and artists have been inspired to find fresh ways of reinventing works from the 19th century. (Tate Collective)