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The Central Meteorological Observatory issued the first freezing warning this year, with persistent freezing rain in 7 provinces and cities. Moderate to heavy rain occurred in eastern Hubei, central and southern Jiangsu and Anhui, northern Zhejiang, and Shanghai. The meteorological department reminded that this rain and snow event coincides with the peak period of returning home during the Spring Festival. The public needs to arrange their travel plans reasonably. Jiangnan, South China and other places should pay attention to preventing geological disasters that may be caused by continuous rainfall and local heavy rainfall.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has expanded the scope of Level IV emergency response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters to 11 provinces. At 18:00 on February 1, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow snow warning and an orange freezing warning. It is expected that from February 1st to 5th, there will be snowfall in the eastern part of Northwest China, North China, Northeast China, and northern Huanghuai. We must attach great importance to the harm of freezing rain to electricity, communications and other infrastructure, closely monitor freezing rain falling areas, strengthen monitoring and inspections.
Severe cold snap in China drives up winter gas, heating fuel demand to record levels hellenicshippingnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hellenicshippingnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than ninety and a half percent of the country's autumn grain harvest has been made. China's grain production has overcome the impact of disasters such as the rare "bad rain" in the Huanghuai region. The annual grain output is expected to hit a record high, remaining above 3.9 trillion catties for nine consecutive years.Behind the hard-won bumper harvest is a series of solid measures to focus on agriculture and grasp grain and consolidate the foundation, which have been continuously introduced and deepened.