Temperature drop results in first snowfalls in Yunnan

Pictures taken on October 21 show a highway capped by snows in northwest Yunnan’s Shangri-La. 

Low temperature persisted in Yunnan localities over the past few days, resulting in rainfalls and first snowfalls in late autumn. From October 23 on, the temperatures in the northwest and northeast of the province began to rise, and sunshine appeared in the Kunming and others.

Source: People’s Daily Online; trans-editing by Wang Shixue