Rare snow falls on Shanghai

Home>>Life

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, January 19, 2004

Rare snow falls on Shanghai

Jan. 18 saw snow cover the metropolis of Shanghai in eastern coastal China, an unusual sight following what the local meteorological station said had been morethan ten years of warm winters.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

Sunday saw snow cover the metropolis of Shanghai in eastern coastal China, an unusual sight following what the local meteorological station said had been morethan ten years of warm winters.

Snow began falling at 10 a.m. on the northern Chongming Island and had covered the whole city area by noon.

The snow fell four days before the Spring Festival, the ChineseLunar New Year, which well decorated the city and created a festive atmosphere, said the citizens.

They said in recent years the snowfall always lasted at most anhour, once even only 10 minutes.

Traffic was slowed down in the downtown area, bringing troublesto people who were traveling home with lots of luggage.

But the moderate snow was unlikely to stay on the ground because the temperature is around -1 to 5 degrees Celsius these days, said Dai Xinfu, expert with the weather forecast center of Shanghai.

The snowfall was forecast to stop Sunday night.

Source: Xinhua

Questions?Comments? Click here

Shanghai Sees First Snow in Year of the Goat

Exploration rover "Spirit" lands safely on Mars ( 9 Messages)

Two major state banks to pilot joint-stock system ( 3 Messages)

China pondering its own "green card" system ( 16 Messages)

Roaring BMW: Was it "road rage" or an accident? ( 2 Messages)

Beijing's traffic no longer a headache by year 2008 ( 5 Messages)