Blizzards hit Northern Xinjiang
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-08 11:59

Herdsmen set up makeshift camps on a snow-covered meadow in Fuyun county of Altay in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday January 6, 2006.Heavy snowfall hit most parts of the region with a drastic temperature drop since December 29 last year, causing the evacuation of 97,000 people and leaving herdsmen and their livestock stranded. [Xinhua]