Snowy weather impedes Spring Festival travel in China

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Highways were frozen and houses collapsed in China's central Hubei province, state media reported on Tuesday (Feb 6), as freezing rain, snow and ice impeded the Spring Festival travel surge across the country.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Highways were frozen and houses collapsed in China's Hubei province on Tuesday, as freezing

00:06 weather impeded the Spring Festival exodus across the country.

00:10 Traffic was brought to an almost standstill on icy roads as highway workers cleared the

00:15 snow in many parts of the province.

00:18 Rescue workers were saving survivors from collapsed houses in Tiananmen and those trapped

00:22 in a destroyed factory dormitory in Jingzhou.

00:25 Authorities said at least two people had died in snow-related accidents.

00:30 One person in Hubei province and another from Hunan province were killed as awnings of the

00:35 farmers' markets gave way following a snow surge in the areas.

00:39 Authorities said the severe weather is expected for several more days.

00:43 As of Monday, authorities have recorded about 2.16 billion passenger trips across the country

00:49 since the exodus began on January 26.

00:53 Day 11 of the exodus saw 215.9 million inter-regional trips, which were almost 22 million higher

01:00 than that on Day 10.

01:02 This year's Spring Festival holiday runs from February 10 to 17.

01:07 The holiday is celebrated on the eve of the Spring Festival.

01:08 The holiday is also the day of the Spring Festival.

01:09 The holiday is also the day of the Spring Festival.

01:09 [END]

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