{"id":2508,"date":"2019-03-06T16:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tibetnature.lhasocialwork.com\/en\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2019-03-06T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:43:45","slug":"snowstorms-affect-120000-peopleover-1-million-lifestock-in-qinghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/snowstorms-affect-120000-peopleover-1-million-lifestock-in-qinghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowstorms affect 120,000 people,over 1 million lifestock in Qinghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Snowstrome-in-Yusul-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2509 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Snowstrome-in-Yusul-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1114\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a>There has been a significant rise in the number of people and animals affected by continuing snowstorm since Dec 28 in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) Prefecture of Qinghai Province with corresponding rise in economic losses, according to China\u2019s official\u00a0<em>Xinhua<\/em>news agency Mar 2. The report said some areas were covered under snow nearly half a metre deep, adding it had snowed again from Feb 21 to 28.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Snow-in-Yushul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2510 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Snow-in-Yushul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a>The report said the snowstorms had affected 120,000 people and more than 1 million livestock, and led to the death of more than 26,000 livestock and 219 wild animals. The direct economic losses were estimated to be 84.3 million yuan (US$ 12.6 million).<\/p>\n<p>The report said more than 4,600 people and 72,000 livestock had been relocated, with 39,000 tons of fodder having been transported to the snow-hit areas as of Feb 28.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2511\" style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bangchen2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2511\" class=\" wp-image-2511\" src=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bangchen2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by:bangchen.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The report cited Tsertra, deputy director of the Yushu Disaster Relief Work and Emergency Headquarters, as saying artery roads had been kept clear, although a few paths to remote villages still remained to be reopened.<\/p>\n<p>The local meteorological bureau was reported to have made a forecast of more snow and temperature drop from Mar 1 to 7, including moderate snow in the blizzard-affected Qumalai (Chumarleb) County from Mar 4 and 6.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2512\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bangchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\" wp-image-2512\" src=\"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bangchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by:bangchen.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>source by:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tibetanreview.net\">http:\/\/www.tibetanreview.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a significant rise in the number of people and animals affected by continuing snowstorm since Dec 28 in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) Prefecture of Qinghai Province with corresponding rise in economic losses, according&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tibet-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tibetnature.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}