Heavy snow causes transport havoc

Heavy snow causes transport havoc
Jan 28, 2008 00:34
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: offline	The successive heavy snowfall has caused severe traffic problems. Forecasters issued a red alert yesterday warning that more snow and fleet are likely to fall in the coming days. This year is the most snowiest year in the past 50 years for many parts of China. The snow has been sweeping the central, eastern and southwestern parts of the country in recent days, paralyzing air, rail and highway traffic and stranding tens of thousands of passengers amid a pre-holiday travel peak, according to sources. Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong province is one of the most affected area by heavy snow. By saturday night, almost 150,000 passengers were stuck at Guangzhou railway station after a power failure caused by snow, ice and sleet stopped more than 136 electric trains in Hunan province on the trunk line between Beijing and Guangzhou. Though the power supply resumed at 4 pm on Saturday, 50 trains remain stranded between Hengyang in Hunan and Guangzhou. A Guangzhou railway official warned yesterday that the number of stranded passengers in Guangzhou could hit 600,000 today.

Jan 28, 2008 00:34

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The successive heavy snowfall has caused severe traffic problems. Forecasters issued a red alert yesterday warning that more snow and fleet are likely to fall in the coming days.

This year is the most snowiest year in the past 50 years for many parts of China. The snow has been sweeping the central, eastern and southwestern parts of the country in recent days, paralyzing air, rail and highway traffic and stranding tens of thousands of passengers amid a pre-holiday travel peak, according to sources.

Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong province is one of the most affected area by heavy snow. By saturday night, almost 150,000 passengers were stuck at Guangzhou railway station after a power failure caused by snow, ice and sleet stopped more than 136 electric trains in Hunan province on the trunk line between Beijing and Guangzhou.

Though the power supply resumed at 4 pm on Saturday, 50 trains remain stranded between Hengyang in Hunan and Guangzhou.

A Guangzhou railway official warned yesterday that the number of stranded passengers in Guangzhou could hit 600,000 today.

Jan 28, 2008 00:35	#1
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Stranded passers wait anxiously

Jan 28, 2008 18:41	#2
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	The snow is in Hunan not in Guangzhou. Correct? They are stuck because the trains cannot get through the snow in Hunan. I'm flying into Guangzhou in a few days, I hope I won't need to bring a snow suit. :-)

Jan 29, 2008 20:13	#3
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	The trunk lines from Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Kowloon were largely affected by heavy snow. Hunan province saw the most snow in the recent 20 years. This moment is the pre-Spring Festival rush hour. The traffic situation is aggravated by the heavy snow.

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