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Snow threatens NW China farming, locals respond by shoveling it into huge wall

2017-04-08 12:19 GMT+8
Editor Liu Chen
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This photo shot on Thursday shows snow accumulated nearly 10 meters high in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after an unseasonable spring dump. /CFP

Farmers cleared the path between two banks of snow. /CFP

Xinjiang has endured temperatures of minus 8 to 10 degrees Celsius since late March. Locals are accustomed to the mercury resting around 20 degrees higher than that in spring. /CFP

The local agricultural weather station warned on Tuesday that the snow may affect ploughing and sowing of seeds. /CFP

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