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Snow hits central China, affecting 878,000 people |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2007-01-16 23:33:33
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Locals ride amid heavy snow in Wuhan,
capital of central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 16, 2007. The city was
enwrapped with heavy snow on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo/Cheng
Min)
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WUHAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snow since Monday
has crippled parts of central China's Hubei Province, disrupting the lives of
878,000 people and causing 1,002 houses to collapse, according to the provincial
civil affairs department.
By 8 a.m. Tuesday, the depth of snow in ten seriously
affected cities and counties in southeast Hubei, including Wuhan, the provincial
capital, was five to ten centimeters. In some mountainous regions, the depth
even reached 30 centimeters.
Two people in the Yingshan County were seriously
injured and rushed to hospital, but no information about their conditions was
released.
Another 2,424 houses were reportedly damaged in the
snow and many roads were cut off, communication networks were down and power
supplies were disrupted.
The government of Wuhan has allocated 1.7 million
yuan (210,000U.S. dollars) to reparations.
The snowfall is abating, according to local sources. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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