Heavy Snow in Eastern China Seen from Space

Some 2 million schoolchildren in the Beijing region enjoyed an extra day off at New Year?s in January 2010. Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on the capital city of Beijing and port city of Tianjin, closing schools, clogging roads, and canceling flights.

Although not bad as the 2008 freeze that ruined travel plans for millions of Chinese trying to visit family for the lunar new year, this snowstorm was described as the heaviest snow to fall on Beijing in almost 60 years.



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