This time south was not snowed under

THERE WAS heavy snowfall in the south of the country on the weekend and many urban management departments faced the task of keeping the cities clean and maintaining smooth traffic flows. People's Daily commented on Tuesday:

While residents in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai municipality have been sharing photos of themselves playing in the snow, it has been a more serious matter for urban management departments. Heavy snow means worse traffic conditions, as well as higher risk of traffic accidents. Even flights and trains were delayed because of the heavy snow.

When heavy snow hit the southern provinces in 2008 ahead of Spring Festival, many trains were delayed and tens of thousands of people were stranded at train stations.