From a Report by Reuters

What on earth could have caused this in a country with so much going for it now? SNOW.

chaotic weather has besieged China’s business and farming heartland amid the country’s worst power crisis, with one mountain road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday. This is when many migrant workers are heading for home for next week’s lunar new year holiday.

Icy temperatures, snow and sleet blanketing much of central, eastern and southern China have crippled thousands of trucks and trains loaded with coal, food and passengers in the most severe weather seen in 50 years.

Armed Police have been drafted to city stations to stop people trying to get on trains.

For the weather forecasts for China try http://www.nmc.gov.cn