China News Service, Urumqi, February 26 (Gou Jipeng) The 26th is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. Urumqi, located in northwestern China, ushered in a blizzard.
Citizen Ronaldinho said that he fell into the "snow nest" as soon as he left the house in the morning, and the snow covered his ankles. It took a lot of effort to dig the car out of the snowdrift.
"The snowfall started at 16:00 on the 25th and is still continuing. It is expected to end around 14:00 today. As of 11 o'clock, the snowfall has exceeded 15 mm, and the thickness of the snow has reached 25 cm, reaching the blizzard level." Urumqi Meteorological Observatory Chief forecaster Wang Jian said.
Since the 25th, most areas in northern Xinjiang have experienced snowfall, strong winds, and cooling weather, which have blocked railways, aviation, and highways.
Affected by the weather, on the 25th, more than 10 passenger trains running from Turfan to Yuergou section of the South Xinjiang Railway were suspended or suspended.
For example, the two-way passenger train from Urumqi to Kashgar is suspended, and the two-way passenger train from Urumqi to Korla is suspended.
The snowfall also affects aviation, and Blizzard has reduced the navigation capacity of Urumqi International Airport.
As of 10:00 on the 26th, 20% of flights were delayed for more than 30 minutes and 32 sorties were delayed.
On that day, 216 sorties were planned to enter the port and 183 sorties were to depart.
At present, the airport ice and snow removal team is continuing to carry out snow removal operations on runways and taxiways to minimize the impact of severe weather on navigation.
Coincidentally, Xinjiang Tacheng, Bole, Altay, and Fuyunchang airports were also temporarily closed on the 26th due to icing runways.
In addition, affected by the weather, G7 Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway, Urumqi East Ring Expressway, and Wukui Expressway are still implementing traffic control and diversion.
According to the Xinjiang Meteorological Observatory, the intrusion of strong cold air from the night of the 25th to the day of the 27th affected Xinjiang.
On the 26th, there was moderate to heavy snow in parts of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and the southern mountainous areas of Kashgar. There were 5-6 northwest winds in most of northern Xinjiang, Turpan and Hami cities, and winds of 10 to 11 winds, 30 Lifeng area and Bailifeng area can reach level 12 or above.
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