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China renews alert for heavy snow

Beijing: China’s meteorological authorities on Sunday renewed a blue alert for heavy snow in the northern regions of the country.

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From Sunday to Monday morning, heavy snow is likely to hit parts of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning and Xinjiang, with one to 4 cm of snowfall expected, or even over 6 cm, Xinhua news agency quoted the National Meteorological Centre as saying.

The centre advised residents to stay indoors and urged local authorities to take precautions involving roads, railways, electricity and telecommunications.

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This post was last modified on February 13, 2022 10:54 pm

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Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 1986 by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed. The service reports news, views and analysis from the subcontinent about the country, across a wide range of subjects.

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