TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel.

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Citing the Tokyo Fire Department, local media reported that as of 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Tuesday, 105 people in Tokyo had been taken to hospital by ambulance after slipping and falling in the snow,.

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel.

Snow on the ground is called "sekisetsu," and declared when more than half a designated area in Tokyo, called Kitanomaru, turns white, the agency said.

The rare early snow proved ephemeral, however, as it turned to rain and quickly melted in central Tokyo. The agency said temperatures would remain low but sunny weather is expected on Friday.