Heavy snow has disrupted road traffic in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since early Monday morning.
The snow has swept Urumqi, the regional capital, and several counties and cities in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture and Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, where some sections of expressways were covered by snow of up to five centimeters deep.
Local police officers stepped in to conduct traffic control and guide the vehicles to drive through safe.
Machinery were deployed to clear the snow around the clock.
Local meteorological department said the snow and low temperature will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Heavy snow disrupts traffic in Xinjiang
