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A strong blizzard has hit northwest China in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Heavy snow has affected rail and road transportation, with trains being canceled and traffic stranded on highways.
A blizzard with a gale force wind swept across most parts of the Xinjiang region in northwest China on Thursday.
Heavy snow brought rail and highway transportation to a temporary standstill.
14 trains on the Lanzhou-Urumqi railway, the only line connecting Xinjiang with the interior of the country, were delayed. The rail service did not resume until around 9:30 Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, nine trains delayed from Turpan to Yuer'gou in southern Xinjiang restarted service at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
More than 100 vehicles and 6,000 passengers were stranded in Urumqi's southern suburb coach station due to highway closures.
By early morning Friday, some vehicles had been directed to the state highways while others were moving slowly along the provincial highways.
The blizzard, however, did not interrupt the air traffic, with no flights in and out of Urumqi cancelled. Some were delayed for some time because of snow plowing operations on the runways.
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A strong blizzard has hit northwest China in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Heavy snow has affected rail and road transportation, with trains being canceled and traffic stranded on highways.
A blizzard with a gale force wind swept across most parts of the Xinjiang region in northwest China on Thursday.
Heavy snow brought rail and highway transportation to a temporary standstill.
14 trains on the Lanzhou-Urumqi railway, the only line connecting Xinjiang with the interior of the country, were delayed. The rail service did not resume until around 9:30 Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, nine trains delayed from Turpan to Yuer'gou in southern Xinjiang restarted service at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
More than 100 vehicles and 6,000 passengers were stranded in Urumqi's southern suburb coach station due to highway closures.
By early morning Friday, some vehicles had been directed to the state highways while others were moving slowly along the provincial highways.
The blizzard, however, did not interrupt the air traffic, with no flights in and out of Urumqi cancelled. Some were delayed for some time because of snow plowing operations on the runways.
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