China braces for new round of cold snaps
China braces for new round of cold snaps (Xinhua) Updated: 2010-12-30 07:00 Comments ( 0 ) Print Mail Large Medium Small BEIJING - Temperatures dropped sharply in a large part of China Wednesday as a new round of cold snaps approached with sharp winds. A photo taken on Dec 29, 2010 shows ice on Yellow River at Sanshenggong Water Project, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Yellow River has frozen up to 677 kilometers in Inner Mongolia so far. [Photo/Xinhua] China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a cold front warning at 6 am, saying a large part of the country from northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region to southwestern Guizhou province would see a temperature drop of up to 10 degrees centigrade before 8 am Thursday. In the meantime, strong wind ranging from 39 km to 62 km per hour will slash most areas north of the Yellow River, the NMC said. Related readings: Third cold snap set to strike Global ...