Snow blankets much of China

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-21-2008 08:44

Snow continues to fall in many parts of China. Flights have been cancelled and roads have been closed, stranding passengers and vehicles.

Soldiers from the Chinese People''s Armed Police Force, worked for 48 hours to clear the road with snow machines. A section of highway in Tibet Autonomous Region was finally reopened on Sunday evening.

The Xinjiang-Tibet highway has been partially reopened after it was blocked for nearly 80 hours. Local police have rescued 85 stranded people.

A large scale blizzard hit Ali Prairie in Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday morning, forcing sections of Xinzang Highway linking Xinjiang and Tibet to close, and stranding vehicles and passengers.

Soldiers from the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, worked for 48 hours to clear the road with snow machines. A section of highway in Tibet Autonomous Region was finally reopened on Sunday evening.

So far 85 stranded passengers and 25 vehicles have been rescued.

Heavy snow has affected more than one million people in eastern China's Anhui Province, causing an economic loss of 210 million yuan, or 29 million US dollars.

Heavy snow has affected more than one million people in eastern China's Anhui Province, causing an economic loss of 210 million yuan, or 29 million US dollars. In the Dabieshan mountains, four power transmission towers were brought down by thick ice.