Millions stranded by snow in China holiday havoc
By John Ruwitch Wed Jan 30, 9:58 AM ET
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions of Chinese shivered through
power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were
stranded by snow and ice ahead of what is for many their only family
reunion of the year.
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At least 55 people have died, including 25 on Tuesday in a bus crash
on an icy mountain road, Xinhua news agency reported. Several
electricity workers were killed while repairing frozen and collapsed
lines.
The snow and sleet blanketing much of central, eastern and southern
China has also hobbled infrastructure already straining to keep up
with feverish economic growth.
Highways and railways are clogged with stranded trucks and trains
loaded with coal, food and passengers. Police said 6,400 vehicles were
stuck on one stretch of highway in Hunan province, next to Guangdong.
The fierce winter weather, which many affected places call the worst
in half a century or longer, was likely to last at least three more
days, forecasters said.
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