Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai has canceled more than 1,000 long-distance buses today as more snow started falling in the city, Eastday.com reported.

The cancellations mainly affect buses heading to the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei and Hunan, places now experiencing a new round of snowstorms, the report said.

The blizzards have covered highways in these regions with ice, the report said.

More than 5,000 bus passengers are expected to be affected by the cancellations, the report added.

People can call Shanghai Long Distance Central Bus Station (66050000) and Shanghai Long Distance South Bus Station (54353535) for more information, the report said.

Meanwhile, trains departing from Shanghai to northern China are operating normally, but trains to the south are still hampered by the snowstorm, the report said.

At least six trains have been canceled today.

Trains to Hengyang, Hunan, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and Fuyang, Anhui, have been canceled today, the report said.

The train to Chongqing Municipality in southwestern China will also be canceled today while trains to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, will be canceled from today to February 5, the report added.

Passengers can go to Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station for ticket refunds.

Heavy snow is forecast to fall in Shanghai this afternoon. Sleet and light snow will continue tomorrow, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said today.

The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert for strong snow and sleet at 6am today, warning that heavy snowfalls will hit Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan over a six-hour period.