Winter nightmare in China: Heavy snowfall triggers avalanches, rescuers evacuate tourists trapped for a week
Hindustan TimesRescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in northwestern China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, tourists are evacuated by a military helicopter from Altay Prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Chinese state media says that rescuers are evacuating tourists from a remote skiing area in the country's northwest where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week. State broadcaster CCTV said a snow-blocked road linking Hemu village to major roads was cleared on Tuesday, enabling vehicles to enter and tourists to drive themselves out.
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