Snow hinders rescues and aid deliveries after Japan quakes kill 126 people

Snow falls as a search operation is continued around a burnt market in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture (Kyodo News via AP)

Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets, six days after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 126 people.

Heavy snowfall forecast in the Ishikawa Prefecture later on Sunday and through the night added to the urgency.