Heavy snow hits NE China, disrupting traffic

时间：2007-03-12 02:06:38

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HARBIN, March 10 -- Fresh snow has blanketed northeast China's Heilongjiang province and many parts of neighbouring Liaoning and Jilin provinces, which are recovering from a major snowstorm last weekend.

 

Heavy snow hit the Heilongjiang provincial1 capital of Harbin at4:00 p.m., forcing the closure of Harbin Taiping International Airport at 5:15 p.m. Twenty-six flights have been delayed and seven aircraft were rerouted to neighboring airports until 9:50 p.m..

 

The Harbin-Daqing Highway, with a visibility of less than 10 meters, was closed at 8:30 p.m. because of heavy snow, according to local traffic authorities.

 

The Shenyang-Jilin Highway, linking the Liaoning and Jilin provinces, was also closed at around 10:00 p.m., according to local traffic authorities.

 

Motorists in northeast China were warned on Friday to expect further disruption2 with more heavy snow forecast in the next two days.

 

The Ministry3 of Communications has issued traffic warnings, instructing local authorities to prepare for traffic jams and breakdowns4.

 

The snow also hit eastern and northern parts of Liaoning province and southeastern Jilin province on Friday evening.

 

The snow and strong northerly winds will bring temperatures down by eight degrees, but the weather will not be as bad as last weekend's snowstorm, the worst March snowstorm in 56 years, which caused widespread damage in the region, according to Han Jiangwen, chief forecaster at the Shenyang Meteorological Station.

 
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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 disruption otfxO     
n.分裂
参考例句：
  • The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
  • Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。
3 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
4 breakdowns 919fc9fd80aa490eca3549d2d73016e3     
n.分解( breakdown的名词复数 )；衰竭；（车辆或机器的）损坏；统计分析
参考例句：
  • Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
  • How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障？ 来自辞典例句

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