China... Snowfall, train collisions, and school closures

2023-12-17 2023-12-17T18:48:20Z

Arab Weather - On Friday morning, the authorities in China determined safe roads for traffic in several provinces, as a result of the effect of low temperatures and frost formation, which led to accidents on highways due to snowfall.

Early on Friday morning, bus traffic was temporarily suspended in Shanghai, as the financial center issued a warning of the first cold wave of the year, and reports expected the arrival of a cold air mass from the north to the southern regions, leading to temperatures continuing to drop to levels of up to Negative 6 degrees Celsius until the end of this week.

The National Meteorological Center of China announced that temperatures will drop to around minus 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, as well as in the western region of Xinjiang, in addition to Inner Mongolia, and the provinces of Gansu and Shanghai.

Snow and icy roads cause accidents and disrupt traffic

Snowfall, icy roads, and dense fog caused a series of accidents on many highways in Henan Province. Traffic authorities in Ningxia Province confirmed that some of these accidents led to the closure of some highways, causing a stifling traffic jam.

In the southwestern regions, parts of highways in Tibetan cities such as Shigatse and Nyingchi were destroyed. In the city of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, the authorities deployed 22,000 workers and more than 3,400 snow removal machines , where up to 12,800 cubic meters of snow were removed in the morning period on Friday.

The local government has mobilized 2,400 personnel and more than 3,300 metric tons of snow-melting materials and more than 23,000 cubic meters of anti-slip materials. Pictures published by state media show bulldozers being used to remove snow, while people are working on leveling roads.

515 people injured in two train collision in Beijing; Because of heavy snow

Under these difficult weather conditions, a collision occurred in the Chinese capital, Beijing, where a subway train deviated from its track and collided with another from behind in a western mountainous area, resulting in the injury of at least 515 people , including 102 people who suffered broken bones and were transported to... A local hospital to receive treatment.

The accident occurred on Thursday evening on the Changping metro line of the national subway network in Beijing. As a result of the slippery tracks, automatic braking occurred on the main train, but a second train failed to activate the braking system in time.

The Changping Transport Authority indicated that emergency teams, police and transportation authorities responded immediately to the accident, as all passengers were evacuated and the injured were transferred to the hospital, and while some passengers are still under observation, others are receiving treatment in the hospital.

Winter in Beijing is very cold, and although snowfall is rare, this heavy fall has caused the suspension of many means of transportation and the closure of schools.