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Authorities offer relief as blizzards continue to ravage China

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Authorities offer relief to help local herdsmen as blizzards continue to ravage Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province.

According to the meteorological bureau of the prefecture, 10 snowstorms have attacked the region from last December to early February.

On many days, the snowfall went close to the historic record.

A total of 18 080 livestock died due to heavy snow.

The heavy snow also blocked several roads in the province, posing challenges to the relief operation.

The prefecture authorities have earmarked 15-million yuan (around 2.2 million U.S. dollars) as relief funds and 1.15-million yuan as subsidies, distributed over 480-tonnes of food and 9 860-parcels of supplies, and sent over 22 918-tonnes of fodder to the affected areas.

In Qingshuihe Town, one of the worst-hit areas, herdsman Kunsang raised 270-cattle with four neighbours, among which 35 has died because of the relentless snowstorm.

Local government has arranged around 40-tonnes of fodder for them at a fair price.”Without the fodder, all of my cattle would have died,” Kunsang said.

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