 |
| |
Xinjiang farming industry suffers from continuous snowy weather
The recent cold snap in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has dealt a huge blow to the area's farming industry. The biggest problem has been a severe shortage of animal feed.
Beitashan ranch hasn't seen a snowfall like this in thirty years. In some places, the snow banks were two meters high -- threatening the food supply to thousands of livestock.
|
Blizzard-hit Xinjiang
Four people died and more than 500,000 were affected by the severe winter conditions in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Tuesday.
Avalanches killed a villager in Altay Prefecture Thursday and two herdsmen in Ili Prefecture on Sunday. The fourth, a Kazakh villager of Toli County, Tacheng Prefecture, was found frozen to death in the gobi desert on Sunday.
|
China issues disaster relief response
The China State Meteorology Bureau is forecasting a continuous freeze in the ten days to come.
The National Disaster Relief Committee and the Ministry of Civil Affairs have directed governments at all levels to take action.
Staff and instructions for disaster relief are to be prepared in regions likely to be affected. The central government says basic supplies in affected areas, especially remote areas, must be guaranteed.
Departments of public security and transport are to coordinate to ensure emergency aid for stranded passengers.
|
Snow covers Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
A cold front is bringing misery to many parts of China. Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and north China's Inner Mongolia have been slammed by the heaviest snowstorms in a decade, disrupting traffic and damaging agricultural farming and livestock. Local governments and people are making every effort to relieve the situation.
In Xinjiang, more than 260-thousand people in the Tacheng and Altay regions have been affected.
|
Heavy snow strands 400 on highway in Xinjiang
More than 400 people in 50 vehicles were stranded for more than a day on a national highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region due to heavy snow since early Wednesday.
The vehicles had been stopped on the National Highway 216 in north Xinjiang's Altay City, neighboring Mongolia, said an official of Fuyun County's highway transport bureau.
|
CCTV interview: Relief efforts in Xinjiang
For more on the disaster relief work in the Autonomous Region, we spoke to Xinjiang TV's Wang Zirui.
Let's hear what he said about the progress of reconstruction efforts.
|
Xinjiang fights heaviest snowstorms in decade
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been hit by the heaviest snowstorms in a decade.
More than 260-thousand people in the Tacheng and Altay regions have been affected. Losses have been estimated at 10 million yuan. And more than 5-thousand people have been re-located.
The Tacheng Basin is buried under nine days of snow. The two roads that connect it with the regional capital Urmuqi are closed.
|
New cold snap seizes many parts of China
Many parts of China have been hit by both heavy snowfall and sustained cold temperatures. The deep freeze has caused highway closures, flight delays, and traffic jams.
Upwards of 400 people, traveling in 50 vehicles, were stranded for more than a day on a national highway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
|
New cold front to keep nation in deep freeze
A new cold front is coming from the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and it will keep most parts of China in a freeze this weekend, the Central Meteorological Station (CMS) said Thursday.
Forecasters said that northern areas of China including Beijing, Tianjin, parts of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and north of Hebei Province will see light to moderate snow today. But the snowfall will not sustain.
|
Cold snap seizes many parts of China
Many parts of China have been seized by a sustained cold snap and heavy snow. The deep freeze has brought chaos, including flight delays, highway closures, traffic jams and a halt in power and heat supplies. |
| link |
|
| |
| |
