Heavy snow has disrupted traffic in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, local authorities said Sunday.
The snowstorm started Saturday afternoon, the first day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, and continued Sunday.
As of 9 a.m., 18 expressways in the province, including the section that links neighboring Jilin Province and part of the Beijing-Harbin Expressway, are either closed or restricted, according to the provincial department of transportation.
Most highway coach stations in Liaoning are also closed as a result of the snow.
The local meteorological station forecast snow to continue in most parts of Liaoning throughout Sunday.
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