Siberian cold front hits roads, airport

About 3,400 people were left stranded on snowbound expressways in the northern part of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as an intense cold front began to take its toll.

Xinjiang has been hit by heavy snowfalls for the past two days with the approach of an intense cold front from west Siberia, the website Tianshannet.com.cn reported.

Truck drivers were stuck on expressways while regional buses remained in their depots, the website said.