Starting from October 6, heavy snowfall in most areas of Xinjiang, the Meteorological Department issued a blue cold wave warning signal. The minimum temperature in Ili Prefecture has dropped by more than 10 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature has reached minus 5 degrees Celsius to minus 10 degrees Celsius.

Due to the large cooling rate, Yili Prefecture quickly launched an emergency plan to provide warmth in advance for people's homes.

  Wu Xiaoli, deputy general manager of Horgos Yuanneng Heating Power Company, introduced that in the past, the local regular heating date was October 15, which was 10 days ahead of schedule this year.

  (Zhao Yamin, Li Ming, Wang Zhenyu)

Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]