Residents walk on a snowy road in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 1, 2015. A snowfall hit Urumqi on Wednesday morning. The local meteorological bureau has issued an alarm for snowstorm. The highest temperature in the city reached to 20 degrees Celsius last week, and it dropped to minus 8 degrees Celsius this week. The 30-hour snowfall caused traffic accidents during rush hour to nearly double than usual. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Xiaojun)
