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National forecast calls for more rain and snow
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February 11, 2012, Saturday
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TEMPERATURES will rebound moderately in most parts of China today, but rain and snow are expected to return in several days, the country's meteorological authority said yesterday.
Temperatures will continue to rise in central and eastern China, the National Meteorological Center said.
However, rain and snow will return in most parts of the country in the coming week.
The center forecast rain will linger in south China from tomorrow to Thursday, while snow will fall in the eastern parts of northwestern regions, western parts of north China, northeastern regions as well as the Yellow River area.
Meanwhile, the weather agency warned again about forest fire risks in some parts of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, where little precipitation has fallen amid higher than usual temperatures.
Meanwhile, a chain of accidents involving 21 vehicles killed two people and injured six others yesterday morning on a foggy expressway in Jiangsu Province, police and witnesses said.
Most of the accidents were pileups or rear-end collisions reported around 8:20am on an expressway between Changzhou City and Nanjing, the provincial capital, according to a traffic officer in Nanjing who helped in rescue efforts.
The highway is part of an interprovincial expressway that links Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province with Shenzhen, a southern city bordering Hong Kong.
The officer said four of the injured are under medical observation, while the other two suffered slight injuries and have been discharged from the hospital.
A witness who declined to be named said heavy fog reduced visibility to around 20 meters on the expressway yesterday morning. "Traffic was at a standstill and vehicles were backed up for several hundred meters along the expressway," according to the witness.
Temperatures will continue to rise in central and eastern China, the National Meteorological Center said.
However, rain and snow will return in most parts of the country in the coming week.
The center forecast rain will linger in south China from tomorrow to Thursday, while snow will fall in the eastern parts of northwestern regions, western parts of north China, northeastern regions as well as the Yellow River area.
Meanwhile, the weather agency warned again about forest fire risks in some parts of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, where little precipitation has fallen amid higher than usual temperatures.
Meanwhile, a chain of accidents involving 21 vehicles killed two people and injured six others yesterday morning on a foggy expressway in Jiangsu Province, police and witnesses said.
Most of the accidents were pileups or rear-end collisions reported around 8:20am on an expressway between Changzhou City and Nanjing, the provincial capital, according to a traffic officer in Nanjing who helped in rescue efforts.
The highway is part of an interprovincial expressway that links Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province with Shenzhen, a southern city bordering Hong Kong.
The officer said four of the injured are under medical observation, while the other two suffered slight injuries and have been discharged from the hospital.
A witness who declined to be named said heavy fog reduced visibility to around 20 meters on the expressway yesterday morning. "Traffic was at a standstill and vehicles were backed up for several hundred meters along the expressway," according to the witness.
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