As the temperature in China’s northernmost province, Heilongjiang, has been rising gradually, the river in Mohe County is seeing thaw period. To prevent the flood, crews carried out a series of ice-breaking detonations on a melting section of a river in Mohe to prevent ice jams and subsequent flooding. /Photo via Chinanews

The plume of water and ice flied high into the sky, attracting people along the river to watch the spectacular scene. /Photo via Chinanews

Mohe County, located in the far northwest of Heilongjiang, forms the border with Russia’s Amur Oblast and Zabaykalasky Kari. It is also a place having subarctic climate with long-severe winters and short, warm summers. Every year in the period when summer is coming, the locals carry out a series of ice-breaking detonations./Photo via Chinanews