Snow slams China; tens of millions marooned
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Brutal winter weather that has battered China's central, eastern and southern sections prompted the China Meteorological Administration to issue a rare red alert Monday as the nation braced for more snow and bone-chilling temperatures.
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Heavy snow pummeled Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Washington, leaving thousands without power, causing widespread havoc on roads and even overwhelming one ski resort.
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The thunder of firecrackers  ushered in the Year of the Rat on Thursday, but millions of  Chinese were spending a cold holiday as repair teams battled to  restore power knocked out by the worst snow storms in a  century.
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(CBS/AP) A storm that dumped freezing rain and as much as 18 inches of snow on the East Coast left tens of thousands of customers without power.
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China has turned its battle  against brutal winter weather into a propaganda push to try to  comfort millions of cold, stranded and dismayed citizens, even  as storms threaten to continue lashing many areas.
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Almost 180,000 people have been  stranded in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan by a  return of snow and freezing weather which has blocked roads and  caused blackouts, state media said on Sunday.
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More than two million people have been hit by power cuts in China's Qujing city and thousands have been stranded on highways as snowy weather revisits the southwest region, state media said on Saturday.
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Watch Chinese state television or read  the main Communist Party newspapers and the whole nation  appears to be pulling together to battle heavy snow which has  stranded millions ahead of the Lunar New Year.
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A powerful typhoon triggered landslides and flash floods in northern Taiwan on Wednesday before plowing into China where hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated.
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The coldest, snowiest winter in decades has left millions of Chinese without heating and running water, leading the government on Friday to order a suspension of coal exports as the country struggles to meet its power needs.
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Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow that has blanketed parts of central and southern China.
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Brutal winter weather has wracked China's central, eastern and southern sections, stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers ahead of next week's Lunar New Year holiday.
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Typhoon Aere slammed into China after killing at least 12 people in the region and forcing more than half a million Chinese to evacuate their homes and thousands of fishing boats to return to port.
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Thousands of people left stranded as heaviest snowfall for 50 years hits central and southern areas
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BEIJING - Disasters hit China last night with a plane crash killing about 50 and dozens of miners trapped by an underground fire. A China Eastern plane carrying more than 50 passengers and crew crashed into
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Severe snowstorms over broad swaths of eastern and central China have wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the country.
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Heavy snow leaves at least 16 people dead and causes transport chaos in central and eastern China.