China experiences coldest temperature in decades

Last Updated: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +1100

Air and road traffic has come to a standstill across much of northern China as a cold front brought heavy snowstorms and some of the coldest temperatures in decades.

Beijing's weather bureau says snow storms were expected to continue through Monday as temperatures plunge still further.

Local media says gale force winds from Siberia could push temperatures in the capital down to minus 16, the coldest weather Beijing has seen in 40 years.

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