Transport Chaos * China - Snow hit the country: The worst for half a century
The heaviest snow in decades is continuing to cause chaos across China ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday
Beijing,China -agency Xinhua/BBC News (London,UK) -29 January 2008: -- ... Road and rail links have been cut, thwarting tens of millions of travellers trying to return home... Reports so far say more than 50 people have been killed in the cold, 25 when a bus slid from an icy road in Guizhou... The snowstorms, which began on 10 January, are the worst for half a century and have affected nearly 80 million people across 14 provinces... "Today is our fifth day on the bus. Every day we each get two packs of instant noodle" (A frustrated traveller on Guangzhou-Hunan highway)... 
The central provinces of Hunan and Hubei have been hardest hit, but eastern provinces are also affected... In the short term, though, more snow is forecast for central regions in the next few days, making an early end to the chaos unlikely... (SEE VIDEO) (Pictures: 1. ...leaving more than 100,000 people stranded at railway stations. - 2. The cold snap has come as hundreds of millions of people are trying to travel to their home provinces to celebrate the Chinese New Year... )Labels: Cold Weather
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