After a summer with high temperatures, the Chinese Government is concerned about the cold wave. According to authorities, the weather is expected to spread to other areas of the country.
China issued an alert this Saturday for Polar cold in the north of the territory with temperatures that could reach historic lows, as predicted by meteorological authorities.
According to Chinese news agencies, the polar cold, which comes after a summer with high temperatures, affects “in some parts of northern China and regions along the Yellow and Huaihe rivers that could reach record temperatures or close to the lowest level recorded for the same period of the year.” It is also expected that temperatures drop below -40 ºC in parts of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and in the Xinjiang region.
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The first snowfall in Beijing caused delays in the transport system and cancellation of flights, while slippery rails caused Thursday night a collision in the city’s subway that left more than a hundred injuredaccording to the AFP news agency.
Tourists in the capital braved the frigid weather to visit stretches of the Great Wall located in the mountains bordering the city, where an iconic monument was covered in snow. “The unusually cold weather is expected spread to other parts of Chinawith temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius in the south of Guizhou province, about 300 km from the border with Vietnam,” the authorities said.
Xi Jinping and the Government show concern about the polar wave
He President Xi Jinpingfor its part, showed concern about the meteorological scenario and assured that “Special attention should be paid to disaster prevention and rescue work”. “The supply capacity of coal, electricity, oil and gas must be strengthened, and work must be done to ensure that people have heat,” she explained.
The wave of minimum temperatures also led to the closure of highways and roads: traffic authorities in the Ningxia region said that some of their highways had become unsafe and applied temporary traffic measures while the snow fell.
Source: Ambito
