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One dead, over 28,000 affected in Xinjiang snowstorms
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December 7, 2012, Friday
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CONTINUOUS snowstorms have left one person dead and affected over 28,000 others in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local government said today.
Local authorities have relocated 6,263 people affected by the snowstorms, which started to hit central and northern parts of Xinjiang from Monday, said the regional bureau of civil affairs.
Heavy snowfall, which brought 30 cm to 1 meter of snow to some regions, halted road traffic, destroyed vegetable greenhouses and posed difficulties for feeding livestock in the Mount Tianshan region in Xinjiang, according to the regional meteorological bureau.
Moreover, 518 houses collapsed and over 275 houses were seriously damaged in the snowstorms. Direct economic losses were estimated at over 72.94 million yuan (about US$11.7 million).
As of yesterday, local governments had allotted relief funds of 2.66 million yuan and relief supplies, including fuel, coal, rice and clothes, to the snowstorm-hit regions.
Local authorities have relocated 6,263 people affected by the snowstorms, which started to hit central and northern parts of Xinjiang from Monday, said the regional bureau of civil affairs.
Heavy snowfall, which brought 30 cm to 1 meter of snow to some regions, halted road traffic, destroyed vegetable greenhouses and posed difficulties for feeding livestock in the Mount Tianshan region in Xinjiang, according to the regional meteorological bureau.
Moreover, 518 houses collapsed and over 275 houses were seriously damaged in the snowstorms. Direct economic losses were estimated at over 72.94 million yuan (about US$11.7 million).
As of yesterday, local governments had allotted relief funds of 2.66 million yuan and relief supplies, including fuel, coal, rice and clothes, to the snowstorm-hit regions.
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