Northern China wraps up for cold snap as nation goes back to work
Snow blankets Xinjiang’s fringes while Taiwan battles record-breaking heat
Temperatures are forecast to plummet across northern China with the arrival of a cold front on Monday, the first day back at work after the National Day “Golden Week” holiday.
The mercury in the northern provinces – from Harbin in Heilongjiang in the east to Xinjiang in the far west – would drop by up to 10 degrees Celsius, the National Meteorological Centre said on Sunday.
Some areas in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia would have a drop in temperature of more than 12 degrees, it said.
Strong winds are also expected across the north.
The cold front has already brought the first autumn snow to Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, and other parts of the western frontier.
Hami prefecture on the region’s eastern edge – an area famed for its melons – was covered in a mantle of snow over the weekend.