Thousands Rescued in W. China Snowstorms
Associated Press
BEIJING —
About 1,000 travelers have been rescued after being stranded for days by snowstorms in a remote area of western China, the official New China News Agency said Saturday.
It said people traveling in about 300 vehicles were stuck on a steep and narrow 22-mile stretch of highway between the Xinjiang provincial capital of Urumqi and the town of Yining near the Soviet border.
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