Snow, ice stall travel

BEIJING (AP):

Snow and icy roads are causing travel woes in southern and eastern China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which unleashes the world's biggest annual human migration.

Snow and freezing rain at airports in China's eastern cities of Hangzhou and southwestern region of Chongqing stranded hundreds of travellers this week, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

Heavy snow and ice hit the regions of eastern, central and southwestern China this week, slowing traffic, delaying flights and shutting off power, the report said. In the southern region of Yunnan, snow and ice shut down power stations in eight cities.