Heavy Snow in northeastern province of Jilin, China

Local authorities in China’s northern regions have taken swift measures to ensure public safety and maintain smooth transportation as heavy snow disrupted roads and brought plunging temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Moderate to heavy snow swept across the country’s northeastern province of Jilin on Tuesday.

Snow began in the provincial capital Changchun around 07:00, resulting in accumulations on urban roads. Multiple expressway entrances were closed from 07:30 due to the snowfall. A sharp temperature drop was forecast after the heavy snow, with minimum temperatures in central and western Jilin falling to between minus 18 degrees Celsius and minus 21 degrees Celsius.