Extreme cold and heavy snow continue to plague northern and western China. Herders and their livestock are particularly hard-hit.<br /><br />Heavy snowfall continues to cause chaos across northern and western China, with some parts experiencing their worst snow in decades.<br /><br />State-run media reports that local herders have been stranded alongside their herds in Altay, in the far north of the Xinjiang region.<br /><br />[Make Su’er, Dep. Chief, Altay Agriculture and Animal Husbandry]: (Mandarin male)<br />"This snow has affected 82 percent of the livestock in our district, which means 2.22 million cattle have been hurt by it."<br /><br />Roads in Altay have been blocked by days of heavy snowfall. <br /><br />Rescuers had to shovel their way to reach trapped herders.<br /><br />More snow is forecasted for Altay over the next several days, and temperatures are threatening to fall to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.<br /><br />In neighboring Inner Mongolia, it took workers hours of shoveling to clear heavy snow that blocked train tracks and roads near a small town.<br /><br />The harsh weather in recent weeks in much of northern China has caused heavy losses for farmers and pushed energy demand to new peaks.
