Weather strands 1,300 on Tibet road

A national highway section in Amdo county, Tibet autonomous region, was cleared to allow traffic to resume on Thursday after heavy snow stranded about 1,300 people on the road for a few days.

Continuous snowfall has hit the county since Sunday, causing icy and snow-covered road conditions as temperatures dropped to as low as - 25 C, according to the county's emergency response office.

Some of the stranded drivers came down with altitude sickness, and officials listed it as a cause of the death of Zhao Jipeng, a male driver from Shandong province, whom emergency workers could not revive. Two other drivers with altitude sickness were receiving treatment at a hospital, the office said.