国内英语资讯:Heavy snow disrupts traffic, affects life in China
<p><span word="WUHAN">WUHAN</span>/<span word="NANJING">NANJING</span>/<span word="HEFEI">HEFEI</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 6-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="hitting">hitting</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 510,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="relocation">relocation</span> <span word="of">of</span> 682 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="flattened">flattened</span> 286 <span word="houses">houses</span>, <span word="damaged">damaged</span> 826 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="about">about</span> 31,380 <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crops">crops</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="of">of</span> 723 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (111.4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>).</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Xiangyang">Xiangyang</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Suizhou">Suizhou</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> 30 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="night">night</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, 13 <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="expressways">expressways</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wet">wet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slippery">slippery</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Anhui">Anhui</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, 51 <span word="scenic">scenic</span> <span word="spots">spots</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="snowstorms">snowstorms</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2008 <span word="have">have</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> 13 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1.26 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (190 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="and">and</span> 790 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span>, <span word="Anhui">Anhui</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span>, <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p>
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