43 minutes agoSnow Reaches China Early
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Beijing was covered by the first snow this year. Ice weather hit almost a month earlier than usual. Temperatures Sunday evening are expected to drop to the lowest level in the last decade. Early snow produced hundreds of thousands of people on Beijing's streets to play. Forecasts issued an alarm [...]
Ice weather hit almost a month earlier than usual. Temperatures Sunday evening are expected to drop to the lowest level in the last decade. Early snow produced hundreds of thousands of people on Beijing's streets to play.
Forecasters issued an alarm for more snowstorms. Accumulations of more than two inches [30 cm] are expected in some areas, reports DW, broadcast Clankosova.tv.
Snow storms first hit Internal Mongolia and the autonomous Ningxia Hui region of northwest China. The main highways were temporarily closed in the province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, and further west in the province of Shanxi. In Beijing, flights were reduced to the city's two main airports, and high - speed trains were canceled or delayed.
