Tibet snow storm strands over 200 herdsmen
08:02, 12 October 2009
LHASA. OCTOBER 12. KAZINFORM More than 200 herdsmen and some 1,000 heads of livestock had been stranded by strong snowfall in Ali prefecture, the local armed police said Sunday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
The week-long snowfall accumulated to about 30 centimeters on the ground in Pulan County of Ali, with some areas suffering from one-meter-thick snow, according to Xing Xiuyin, head of an armed police detachment stationed in the region; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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