China issues orange alert for blizzards

BEIJING -- China's National Meteorological Center on Saturday issued an orange alert for snowstorms in some northern, central and eastern regions, the first such warning this winter.

From Saturday evening to Sunday evening, snowstorms are likely to hit parts of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong and Henan.

In some of these regions, blizzards are expected to drop over 30 centimeters of snow, it said.

The center advised residents to stay indoors and urged local authorities to take precautions with roads, railways, electricity and telecommunications.

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