(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-30 11:24

BEIJING - China's worst harsh winter havoc in five decades will continue over the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration told a news conference Wednesday.

A man clears snow from a car in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, January 28, 2008, after the city was hit by the heaviest snowfall since 1961. [Xinhua]

The heavy snow and sleet paralyzed transport and coal shipment, and led to home-bound passengers cramming railways stations and airports and brownouts in nearly half of 31 provinces and regions.