Some 22 flights were postponed on Thursday in Kunming, capital
city of southwestern Yunnan Province, due to continuous snow since
Wednesday.
The 22 flights at Kunming International Airport, scheduled
before 10:00 AM, were postponed because of ice formed on bodies of
the planes. The planes took off later after the ice was removed by
airport staff.
By 3:00 PM, flights at the airport returned to normal.
The snow also affected urban and long-distance highway traffic,
forcing people to take trains for business trips or for weekend
tours outside Kunming.
Snow is piled 15 centimeters deep in downtown Kunming, and up to
20 centimeters on the outskirts. The snow is said to be the
heaviest since 1983.
(Xinhua News Agency February 2, 2007)