China gears up for snowstorm

Beijing: China has issued an orange alert for snowstorm, the second highest in the country’s four-colour-coded warning system. The storm will hit the Inner Mongolia region and Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, according to the National Meteorological Centre. [caption id=“attachment_522980” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representative image. Reuters[/caption] Other parts of northeast China will have light to moderate snow or sleet. Temperatures in most parts of China will fall by four to eight degrees Celsius. A strong cold front will continue to grip north and southwest China over the next three days, Xinhua quoted the NMC as saying. In China’s four-colour-coded warning system, red is the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue. IANS