Snowstorms kill 2 Japanese in Hebei
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Two Japanese tourists were killed and one remained missing after being trapped in a snow-covered mountain in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said late Sunday night.
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Heavy snows hit many places in north China, including Beijing and Hebei, over the weekends. |
Two Japanese women, aged 62 and 68, were confirmed dead and a 76-year-old Japanese man remained missing, the Huailai county's publicity department said in a statement.
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The four Japanese tourists and two Chinese tourists climbed a mountain from the Beijing side to tour a section of the Great Wall Saturday morning.The six were trapped in snowstorms after reaching a mountainous region in Huailai county in the neighboring province of Hebei, according to the statement.
More than 150 people battled waist-deep snow to search for tourists after learning from a Chinese tourist who came down the mountain to seek police help.
Heavy snows hit many places in north China, including Beijing and Hebei, over the weekends. Beijing authorities released a citywide orange alert and a regional red alert concerning blizzards early yesterday morning as a cold spell swept across northern China, Xinhua news agency reported. China has a four-tier color-coded snow warning system: red, orange, yellow and blue, with red being the most serious.
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