Highways closed, trains and flights cancelled and Under-23 Asian Cup final interrupted
Heavy snow continued to affect parts of China on Saturday, closing highways, causing train and flight cancellations, and even interrupting a soccer match between Vietnam and Uzbekistan in a southern Chinese province.
In central Hubei province, sections of more than 30 highways were closed due to icy conditions, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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The three railway stations in Wuhan, Hubei’s provincial capital, cancelled more than a hundred train journeys.
By about noon, 95 flights had been cancelled at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, stranding some 1,200 passengers.
The airport at Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, also cancelled many flights.
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In Changzhou city in southern Jiangsu province, the second half of the Under-23 Asian Cup final was interrupted for an hour on Saturday afternoon as snow covered the pitch.
