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Snowstorms to hit north China
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-11-11 15:42

Snow is in the forecast for Inner Mongolia autonomous region, north Shaanxi province, Shanxi province, south Hebei province, northeast Henan province, and north Shandong province starting today. Northern parts of China will see snowstorms with 8-16 mm of snowfall, the National Meteorological Center reported Wednesday.

Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province, has recorded 48 cm of snowfall, the heaviest snowstorm in 54 years, causing highway closures and traffic chaos. Some vehicles were stranded for more than ten hours.

The bad weather also closed down primary schools in Shijiazhuang for the day.