Heavy snow that started on Sunday evening and lasted until the
next morning has severely hampered Yongdeng County and some other
parts of northwest China's Gansu Province.
A local farmer
in Gansu Province clears away snows from vegetables
on October 8.
The sudden snowfall broke branches of many trees in the county,
collapsed some 14 houses, and reduced crops output by 30 to 50
percent, local newspaper Lanzhou Morning Post reported on
Tuesday.
The county's civil affairs bureau said economic losses resulted
from the snow was worth at least 316, 000 yuan (about
US$42,000).
The local government has ordered relocation of villagers whose
houses were destroyed or damaged.
Heavy snow covers mountains
and homes in a village of Gansu Province on October
8.
(CRI October 9, 2007)
