Heavy snow chokes transport ahead of Spring Festival

[fascisthunter]

Source: www.chinaview.cn

Heavy snow chokes transport ahead of Spring Festival
2008-01-22 00:24:34


BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snow in China's central and eastern areas has led to expressway closures, flight cancellations and hoards of passengers swarming into railway stations.

Snowstorms worsened the situation for the country's transportation system that is already running at peak levels with millions of people trying to return to their homes for the traditional Spring Festival.

A total of 1,200 passengers were stranded at Guangzhou's Baiyun airport on Saturday and Sunday. The number fell to 200 on Monday as flights to Changde of Hunan and Luoyang of Henan remained suspended.

Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/22/content_7467299.htm

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nahhhhhhh.... this extreme weather has nothing to do with Global Warming... move along.

[Trajan]

1. I may be biased ....

But isn't it a bit early for Spring ?

I mean ... It's still January .....

[TXDemGal]

2. Spring Festival is another name for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year falls at a different date each year based in the lunar calendar. This year LNY's day falls on Feb. 7th, marking the beginning of the 2-week long celebration, as well as the beginning of the year of the rat.