First snow of season falls on Lhasa
2020-01-06 15:58:00|From: chinadaily.com.cn
The first snowfall of the season creates a magical vista of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, on Jan 3, 2020. [Photo by Tenzin Lhundrub/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The first snowfall of the season creates a magical vista of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, on Jan 3, 2020. [Photo by Tenzin Lhundrub/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The first snowfall of the season creates a magical vista of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, on Jan 3, 2020. [Photo by Tenzin Lhundrub/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, experienced its first snowfall of the winter on Friday, which became a hot topic on social media.
According to the weather report by the Tibet Meteorological Station, a light and moderate snowfall hit some areas in the region, including the cities of Nyingchi, Shigatse, and Lhokha.
Some parts of the region, including the southern sections of the region’s Gyirong and Nyalam counties, and high-altitude mountain areas of Nyingchi city had strong snowfall.
The weather report warned of traffic cautions in the Nyalam section of Highway G318 and on provincial Highway 201.
