Home > Photo Essays
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 1 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
THE CLEAN-UP
Workers clean away snow from the streets on Sunday in Shanghai. The coldest, snowiest winter in decades has left millions of Chinese without heating and running water.
-- PHOTOS: AFP, AP, REUTERS
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 2 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
SNOW-PLAY
A woman tries to make a snowball following a heavy snowfall in Nanjing on Monday. Weather woes hit millions of Chinese trying to head home for the Lunar New Year, the country's most important holiday.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 3 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
TEMPORARY RESPITE
People walk in a park in Huaibei after the heavy snowfall that struck eastern China's Anhui province subsided slightly. The civil affairs ministry said 24 people have died due to the heavy snowfall since 10 January.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 4 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
WATER AND ICE
A Yangtze River passenger ship docks for passengers in Yichang, Hubei province on Monday. A severe weather warning has fuelled fears of worsening power shortages after the heaviest snowfall in 50 years.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 5 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
THE BIG PUSH
Street sweepers clear snow in front of the Peace hotel in Shanghai's historic Bund area on Tuesday. The weather conditions have brought traffic to a standstill in eight provinces, cut off a key rail link and left thousands of vehicles marooned on icy highways.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 6 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
CLEARING THE FREEWAY
A snowplow clears a road on the Beijing-Shanghai expressway on Monday. Icy temperatures, snow and sleet blanketing much of central, eastern and southern China for weeks have crippled many modes of land-bound transportation.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 7 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
A MESSAGE
A Chinese security guard checks grafitti written on snow on Shanghai's historic Bund area on Tuesday. The severe snowfall has killed about two dozen people and injured thousands more.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 8 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
TRAPPED BENEATH
A worker clears snow on the debris of a car shop which collapsed due to the heavy snow in Wuhan, Hubei province on Monday.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 9 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
SEA OF UMBRELLAS
Thousands of stranded passengers wait to get into the railway station in Wuhan, Hubei province on Monday.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 10 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
DOWNED
A man walks past a pine tree which collapsed due to the heavy snow in Chaohu, Anhui province.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 11 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
HELPING HANDS
Security guards help to clear the remaining snow in a public park in Shanghai. Coal shortages are forcing Chinese power plants to shut down amid severe winter weather.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 12 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
THICK AIR
People walk amongst a dense fog on a shopping street in Shanghai in this file photo dated 11 Jan 2008. Heavy fog blanketed Shanghai for four continuous days prior to a heavy torrent of snow.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 13 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
SNOW-SHELL
A Chinese resident in Najing cleans up snow around vehicles on Monday. About 36 centimeters of snowfall hit the city, breaking a record since 1961.
|
|
China's Winter Woes
|
|
|
|
| View all thumbnails |
Photo 14 of 14 |
« Prev Next » |
|
Jan 29, 2008
NATURE'S WEIGHT
Buildings and structures collapse at a market place from the weight of the snow in Chaohu, Anhui province. The 3,000-square-meter market was weighed down by heavy snow on Saturday, with 8 people being trapped in the debris. They were rescued several hours later.
|
|
|
Highlights
|
