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Fog to envelop snow-hit regions

CHINA'S worst weather crisis may not be over as a round of dense fog is expected to hit central, southern and eastern parts of the country today, causing more difficulties in restoring transportation networks partially paralyzed after heavy snowfalls. ... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Feb 04 2008

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25 Feb 08 visit Snow to wreak more destruction  »  Shanghai Daily Snowfalls in parts of China have again disrupted transportation and killed livestock as the country struggles to recover from the worst winter in half a century. Snow started to blanket the eastern province of Shandong on Sunday. Yesterday, 15 flights...
21 Jan 08 visit Heavy snow sparks alert  »  People's Daily The National Meteorological Center yesterday issued an orange alert - the second-highest on a scale of five - for heavy snow today in central and eastern parts of the country. It forecast snowstorms to hit parts of the central provinces ...
05 Feb 08 visit Egyptian expert: Heavy snow in China connected with La Nina  »  People's Daily The worst winter weather in 50 years in China's central, southern and eastern regions could be connected to air cyclone change and the La Nina phenomenon, the climatic opposite of El Nino, an Egyptian meteorological official said Monday. ...
05 Feb 08 visit Voices from snow-plagued regions of China  »  People's Daily It has been three weeks since snow-hit China's central, southern and eastern regions, cutting power supply, paralyzing traffic and causing scores of deaths. While the world cast its eyes to China, people living in the snow-plagued ...
18 Jan 08 visit Snow causes chaos across country  »  Shanghai Daily COLD weather and heavy snow have struck unusually large swathes of central and eastern China, forcing the closure of highways, causing accidents and disrupting flights. The extreme weather had caused 311 million yuan (US$43 million) in economic losses...

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