Hebei faces unexpected snowfall

China’s Hebei Province have encountered unexpected snowfall since Saturday night, causing disruptions to traffic on some highways. Heavy snowfall has brought temperatures to zero degrees Celsius on Sunday, with lows dropping to minus 5 degrees Celsius.

Local precipitation had reached 45 millimeters, with a snow depth of 32 centimeters, according to the Saihanba meteorological station. The impact of the snowfall on highway traffic in certain areas of the province, local traffic police divisions, working together with the road maintenance departments, have conducted snow and ice removal operations on highways and offering assistance to affected vehicles.