[Summary]
- 'Record heavy snowfall in 70 years' in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia
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Snow falling for
46 hours in a row...
"The entire city has turned into an ice city"
- Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia "1 killed, 15,000 injured, 4,584 buildings collapsed"
As the 'record heavy snowfall in 70 years' poured in northeastern China and Inner Mongolia, electricity was cut off and people were trapped in buildings.
According to the CCTV of China Central Broadcasting Corporation yesterday (11th), it snowed for 46 consecutive hours until 6 am on the 9th in the Tongliao area of Inner Mongolia, and the cumulative snowfall amount was 59cm, and in some areas in the mountains more than 1m of snow fell.
It was the most snowfall since 1951, CCTV explained.
Chinese internet media Pengpai reported on the scene, saying, "The heavy snow has turned the city into an ice city."
The heavy snow caused road closures as well as vehicles buried in the snow.
Pan Mugi (28), an office worker living in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, said, "Due to the heavy snow that fell last night, I couldn't even get out of the car. I called a taxi, but because of the crowd, I walked for nearly 4 hours to work." “Even in the cold northeast region, it is extremely unusual for such a large amount of snow to fall without stopping,” he said.
Xiaoyu (29) from Anshan City, Liaoning Province said, "If you look out the window for several days, it has been snowing day and night, and the color outside the window is equally white. It took an hour just to open the parked car door."
The heavy snowfall in Tonglao City so far killed one person and injured 15,000 people, destroyed 4,584 buildings, and destroyed 58,000 agricultural facilities in Liaoning Province, local media reported. reported.
Meteorological researchers said the snowstorm was very random and sudden, indicating extreme weather events.
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(Photo=Sang Yeo-woo (上游) newspaper screen capture)