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Original title: Affected by the strong cold wave, heavy snowfall occurred in many places in central and eastern China Source: CCTV News Client
Since early morning yesterday (December 29), Weihai, Shandong has experienced continuous heavy snowfall. At 7 this morning, the meteorological department monitored that the snow in the urban area exceeded 27 cm, reaching the level of blizzard.
Early in the morning, the snowfall continued and snow flying across the sky covered trees, vehicles, and roads with thick snow. Relevant local departments have dispatched snow plows since early this morning to carry out uninterrupted snow removal operations on the city’s main roads to ensure safe travel for citizens.
Sun Yongjun, Head of Maintenance Section of Wendeng District Road Development Center:Today the snow is relatively strong and the temperature is relatively low. We will adjust the work plan in time according to the changes in snow volume and send machinery and equipment reasonably to ensure the safety and smoothness of the national and provincial trunk roads.
In the Qingxue team, there is also a Qingxue team made up of volunteers. At 7 am, the team leader organized team members to go to a community to provide residents with volunteer snow removal services.
Ji Dawei, Head of the Jade Bird Volunteer Service Team in Wendeng District:There are many older people in the community. For the sake of senior travel (safety), last night we recruited volunteers from the Jade Bird Volunteer Service Group to clear snow in the front and back of the building to make it easier for seniors to travel safely. After cleaning here, we will also clean the crosswalk next to Ershi Xiao, so that the children can go to school safely the next day.
Starting at noon today, the snowfall in Weihai turned into light snow and continued until two in the afternoon.
Anhui: frequent traffic accidents on snowy roads
Since yesterday (29), many places in Anhui have also experienced snowfall and cooling. Snowy roads are slippery, highways are frozen, and traffic accidents have increased significantly.
At approximately 9 o’clock last night (29), a pickup truck in Yingshang County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province rolled over due to a slippery road on a snowy day. He overturned the bed of the road. 5 people in the car, 3 people got out alone and 2 people were trapped in the car. After receiving the alarm, the firefighter sent personnel to the rescue.
With the cooperation of several firefighters, the old man in the car was successfully rescued, at this time there was still a man in the car who was unable to move. The firefighters were only able to demolish the deformed bodywork, enter the car from the rear and lift the man on a stretcher to take him to the doctor. Due to icy roads, at an intersection in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, at an intersection in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, a truck driver did not stop in time and rear-ended the front vehicle, causing caused the left side of the cockpit to deform. The driver’s feet were stuck under the steering wheel and they couldn’t move. . After firefighters arrived at the scene, they demolished the left cabin door, then used the ejector rod to open the space and rescue the trapped people.
That night, when another truck was heading to the intersection of Xuming Expressway and Yanluo Expressway, it collided with a truck pulling a duck ahead due to snow on the road. The rear of the truck was crushed and the driver of the next car was trapped. Inside. Firefighters demolished and spread out at the scene to rescue the driver.
Truck driver Zhang:There were two consecutive traffic accidents in front of the car. You saw it? Right in that position, I braked and stopped. Just before the slippery road stopped this car (truck) collided with it.
According to weather forecasts, in the next three days, the average temperature in Anhui Province will continue to be below zero and roads may freeze over large areas, so you should slow down and be safe when driving.
Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui suffered a snowstorm and traffic was interrupted for a while
Affected by the cold snap, the Jiuhuashan area in Anhui was hit by a snowstorm. Roads in mountainous areas were heavily snowed and icy, and tourist travel was affected.
The snowfall on Jiuhua Mountain began yesterday afternoon and lasted until more than 8 this morning, the accumulated snowfall during the process was 18.5 mm, reaching the level of a blizzard. The snowfall caused the average depth of snow in the scenic area to reach 14 cm, the thickness of the ice on the road surface exceeded 1 cm, and traffic was interrupted for a while.
Tourist Xu Jie:The driver said to wait patiently, let’s wait until the mountain road, after the workers remove the snow, to ensure our safety, then let us go up the mountain.
The highway department at the scenic location quickly organized personnel to remove snow and ice, local traffic police were on duty, roads into the mountains were checked, and passenger buses were suspended.
Jiuhuashan Highway Branch Director Administration:First, we cut down fallen trees on both sides of the road, then spray snow melting agent on roads with sharp curves and steep slopes, bridges and other major sections, and then we use snow shovel trucks to clear snow from the highway.
As of 12:00 noon today, roads in the mountainous areas have basically restored traffic conditions and buses have resumed operations.
Issue a yellow warning for road icing, pay attention to safety when traveling
Along with the snowfall, the temperature also dropped sharply. This morning, the lowest temperature in the Jiuhuashan mountain area was minus 10 degrees Celsius, which was 12 degrees Celsius lower than before. This morning, the Anhui Provincial Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a yellow road icing warning. It is anticipated that in the next three days, the entire Anhui province will be mostly fine and in good weather, but the average temperature will always be below freezing. Large areas of icing can occur on roads. People should pay attention to safety when traveling. .
(Edited by Wang Hongyu)
