However, severe snowfalls failed to prevent a group of migrant workers in Chongqing from heading home for family reunions from Qianjiang to Pengshui.

More than 15 migrant workers could not wait for the delayed coaches, so at about 8 am on Wednesday they decided to walk 100 km home carrying luggage in the snow and strong winds, according to a report by the Xinhua News Agency.

"It usually takes 50 minutes by bus to travel the 100-km national highway, but we may need 14 hours to walk back home. We'll walk and see if we can make it. Otherwise we will need to stop in a nearby village for a night," Gan Xiaobo, one of the migrant workers, said.

Fortunately, the cleanup of the national highway was completed by noon on Wednesday with coach services back to normal.

All migrant workers who decided to walk on the highway were picked up by coaches and taken home.