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| A man parks an electric motor car in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday. A snowstorm hit the province on Monday and continued through Tuesday, prompting the local meteorological bureau to issue a blue alert for the winter weather.(China Daily/ Li Zhong) |
Meanwhile, 47 bullet trains running across Jiangsu were postponed by 4:22 pm on Tuesday, according to the Shanghai Railway Administration, which manages railways in neighboring Jiangsu province.
A large number of high-speed trains in the region were also delayed because of their reduced speed.
"I was two hours late. The train should depart at 9 am, but it didn't start to move until 9:45 am," said Liu Ying, 29, who was taking the high-speed railway from Nanjing to Shanghai on Tuesday.
"It went very slow during the whole journey due to the icy weather," she said.
Zhao Yaoyao, who lives in Nanjing's Gulou district, said she waited for more than an hour for a taxi to get to work on Tuesday morning.
"I had no choice but to walk for 40 minutes to my workplace because of the traffic jam," said Zhao. "Some colleagues driving to work also complained to me that they felt like they were skating on the ice when they drove on the road this morning."
The bad weather also disrupted transportation in Shanghai, where the temperature dropped to zero C early Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday, more than 50 flights were postponed or canceled in Shanghai's two airports.
The city also reminded its residents to watch the slippery road conditions.
Tuesday was also the beginning of new semester in Shanghai's schools. Many parents and students received messages from schools that warned them to take extra care because there was ice on many roads.
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