Rare deep freeze prompts chaos across southern China
A cold weather snap has brought ice, snow and chaos to much of eastern and southern China, paralyzing highways, cutting power and damaging crops across an area not used to sub-zero temperatures, state media reported on Friday (December 17).
Thick ice caused a ten kilometer pile-up on a major stretch of highway in south-eastern Guangdong (pron: gwang-dong) province on Thursday (December 16), forcing authorities to deploy excavators to clear the roads, China's state television CCTV reported.
CCTV has forecast that temperatures would creep back up again in some areas on Friday (December 16) but said the cold snap in subtropical Guangdong may continue until Sunday (December 19).
The cold weather, which started on December 11, has led to extreme weather warnings in 11 provinces across the south and east, CCTV said.
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http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3%26stormfile%3Drare_deep_freeze_prompts_cha_171210
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