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Thread: Millions to face a cold, dark Lunar New Year
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[quote=LEONARDO,268639]A Chinese saying goes, a timely snow promises a good harvest, but this winter the snow is too much around China. Usually, at the end of a year, the hottest issue that Chinese people gossip about is “ coming back home” and “ Spring Festival Gala”. At the moment, snow or snow havoc becomes the national concern. China is staging a war on snow havoc. Late December of 2007(Lunar Calendar) is witnessing the worst winter weather in many parts of China in the past decades. The bad weather has hit central, eastern and southern China severely, which could persist into the Year of the Rat, weather officials said. The heavy could last till Feb. 8 or 9, according to the latest forecasts from the Central Meteorological Station on Saturday morning. “The State Grid of China said that power could be partially restored on Saturday in the worst-hit region in the central province of Hunan, ending an eight-day blackout caused by heavy snow.” However, it takes time to restore power supply completely, which means millions have to face a cold and dark Lunar New Year’s Day. The following report will show you how severe the situation is: Experts said that the snow disaster had displaced the 1998 Yangtze River flood as the largest natural disaster in decades. The 1998 flood affected 2.3 million people. Zhejiang Province had received at least 10 cm of snowfall by Friday night. Airports in Hangzhou and Ningbo were closed and the freeways were open only to trucks carrying relief materials. For the first time in 135 years, Shanghai posted a yellow snowstorm alert on Friday. By Saturday morning, it had received 15cm of snow. Affected by the weather, the Shanghai port at the mouth of the Yangtze River was closed as of 1:00 a.m. Saturday. The move stranded more than 1,000 ships and cancelled the departures of 200. [/quote]
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