November 1, 2008
It's not just the USA that is colder than usual - Tibet
From Watts Up With That comes this story of a snowfall in Tibet:Tibet�s �worst snowstorm ever�, 7 killed1.5 meters in 36 hours - holy crap! Xinhua News Agency has a photo gallery here. Here is one of them:
LHASA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) � The death toll has risen to seven, and one person remains missing, as a result of the worst snowstorm on record in Tibet, local authorities said Thursday.
The seven people killed either frozen to death or were crushed by collapsing buildings. About 144,400 heads of livestock died in the storm, which also knocked out telecommunications and traffic in parts of Shannan prefecture.
In Lhunze County, 1,348 people stranded by damaged buildings or blocked roads had been rescued, the county government said. Rescue operation for the remaining 289 trapped was still underway.
The worst-hit county had 36 consecutive hours of snowfall from Sunday, with an average snow coverage of 1.5 meters. Four people died and one remained missing in the snowstorm.
A local man transfers the sheep after the worst snowstorm
on record in Lhunze county in southwest China's
Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2008. (Xinhua/Jia Lijun)
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