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China on high alert of freezing rain in South
Updated: 2011-01-03 20:23
(Xinhua)
BEIJING - China's Ministry of Public Security Monday enacted emergency procedures to cope with freezing rain in the nation's southern provinces, aiming to restart road traffic which often came to a halt because of icy roads.
The Ministry urged local authorities in Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan provinces to prevent passengers from again being stranded due to icy rain and freezing temperatures, according to a statement.
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Almost all expressways in Guizhou had been closed from late Saturday to Monday morning after rain that quickly turned into ice on the ground stranded more than 7,000 people, according to the Guizhou Provincial Department of Transport.
Thousands of travelers had also been stranded in neighboring Hunan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as roads with Guizhou were cut.
Local authorities have dispatched food, water, quilts and other supplies to stranded passengers.
The China Meteorological Administration predicted Monday that widespread icy rain and a deep freeze were unlikely to again hit Guizhou and Hunan in the next few days, although low temperature would continue.
But icy rain would continue plaguing the high mountain area in Guangxi over the next three days, and the gloomy and cold weather, including rain and snow, would spread throughout the entire region until January 12.
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