Global Warming -- Chinese edition
From the
Shanghai Daily:
Strongest snowstorm in half century
The strongest March snowstorm to hit northeast China's Liaoning Province in 56 years has left at least one person dead and seven injured after the roof of an agricultural trade building collapsed under the weight of the snow, local sources said.
Three arched ceilings of the Minglian Agricultural Trade Building in Huanggu District, in the provincial capital of Shenyang, collapsed at noon yesterday, burying about 20 stall owners and customers, said a witness.
Beginning Saturday night, rain and snow has fallen continually in most parts of Liaoning, with reported precipitations of 36 millimeters in Shenyang, 56mm in Dalian and 68mm in Dandong, the Shenyang Meteorological Observatory reported.
Snow piled up two meters high in some areas, it said.
The snowstorm forced Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang to close at 8am yesterday.
Just as a reality check, Shanghai (31deg. 10min. Latitude) is further South than Tijuana, Mexico (32deg. 65min. Latitude). Snow is a very rare phenomenon.
Posted by DaveH at March 6, 2007 1:30 PM