With winter months away, snow starts to fall in northwest China
September 6th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by BNO NewsXINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — With the start of the winter still several months away, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has already experienced its first snowfall of the year, according to state-run media on Monday.
The state-run Xinhua news agency reported that up to 10 centimeters fell across the northwestern region, covering parts of the 303 Regional Highway in the city of Hami, stranding scores of vehicles. The busy road was temporarily closed to allow the road to be cleared.
Xinhua reported that the early snowfall also affected the region’s agricultural industry, wrecking some 46,000 hectares of wheat crops.
Meteorologists say more snowfall is expected as a cold front is forecast to sweep across northern China, which could make temperatures drop by up to 8 degrees Celsius. In regions such as Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, temperatures could drop by up to 10 degrees Celsius.
In other regions, such as Sichuan, Henan and Shandong provinces, heavy rain is forecast.
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