For more news visit ☛http://english.ntdtv.com<br /><br />Snow and sleet have brought cars to a standstill in parts of southwest China. Conditions were so bad on one highway, that a nine mile backup left as many as eight thousand people stranded on the road.<br /><br />A cold wave brings heavy snow and sleet across southwest China. According to state media, tens of thousands of vehicles were stranded on highways and accidents were reported on main roads.<br /><br />Sleet fell on the New Year weekend in Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, with ice patches forming on roads.<br /><br />All express highways in the area were shut down, leading to a massive traffic gridlock.<br /><br />As many as eight thousand people are stranded in a nine-mile-long queue of trapped vehicles on the highway linking Guizhou Province and Guangxi.<br /><br />The neighboring Sichuan Province was also plagued by heavy snow and several car accidents have been reported.<br /><br />The National Meteorological Center forecasts heavy snow and sleet could continue in many parts of southwest China for the rest of the week.
