Snow, Sleet Hit South China

Xinhua

Beijing: Snow and sleet will hit parts of southern China on Tuesday and Wednesday, the country’s top meteorological authority said Tuesday. The weather pattern shifts after a couple of days of sweeping and intense rain, snow, and freezing conditions.

The National Meteorological Centre said heavy snow is likely to hit some parts of southern China’s Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang from Tuesday to Wednesday, with new snow in these areas accumulating to a depth of 3cm to 10 cm.

Blizzards are expected to deposit up to 18 cm of snow in some parts of the above-mentioned provincial-level regions, the center said. Sleet may fall in parts of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Zhejiang during the same period.

The last round of rainfall, snowfall, and freezing events that swept across China’s 18 provincial-level areas in the central and eastern regions was from January 31 to February 5. It affected more than 2.5 million square kilometres, according to the centre.

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