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Police rescue tourists trapped in minus 30 after avalanche in Xinjiang

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-01-04 14:09 Comments

Police rescue tourists trapped in minus 30 after avalanche in Xinjiang

Policemen shovel snow to save the buried vehicle in minus 30 degree temperature at Altay prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Jan 3, 2016. [Photo/IC]

When tourists and passersby saw policemen's faces and hands becoming swollen due to the cold, they too began helping them in clearing the snow.

Four hours later, the tourists and the buried vehicle were rescued.

Altar prefecture has seen the heaviest snow fall in a decade, lasting 15 days and leaving some mountain areas covered in two-meter-high snow.

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