According to the news from the Xinjiang Kanas Scenic Area Management Committee on the evening of February 11, due to the continuous heavy snowfall, at about 18 o'clock on the same day, an avalanche occurred on the section from Hanas Village to Jiadengyu on Provincial Highway S232.
The Kanas Scenic Area Management Committee said that night that the scenic spot is still snowing, and the risk of avalanches along the road is extremely great, and the traffic police brigade of the Kanas Scenic Area Public Security Bureau will continue to implement traffic control on all sections of the road in the jurisdiction.
The Xinjiang Kanas Scenic Area Management Committee announced on February 8 that from the morning of February 11th to the morning of the 14th, the Kanas Scenic Area will usher in heavy snowfall, strong winds and strong cold waves. During the day and night on February 16, there will be a second round of snowfall, with heavy snowfall in the mountains (15 20 cm of new snow, 25 cm locally).
According to the CCTV report, the Altay Regional Meteorological Observatory reminded that the heavy snowfall and the obvious rise and fall of the temperature are easy to cause snow instability, and the risk of avalanches in Kanas and Hemu scenic spots is extremely high, especially along the X852 Hemu fork to Hemu Township, S232 (Kanas-Jiadengyu), and G219 (Kanas-Baihaba Village-Tiereketi Township) need to be focused on prevention.
Source: CCTV.
The Red Star News reporter noticed that some tourists recorded on the Internet that after the avalanche implemented traffic control, they had to change their itinerary, and on the evening of February 11, they looked for a hotel to stay in. There are tourists from the south, and on the 12th, they were still dancing in front of the hotel and taking **records**, **showing that the weather has turned clear.
At 12 o'clock on February 12, a staff member of the Management Committee of Xinjiang Kanas Scenic Area told reporters that the roads in the traffic control area are still being cleaned up, and the specific lifting time has not been determined.
Previously, there had been a situation where tourists were stranded in the Kanas scenic area. On January 13, the Kanas Scenic Area Management Committee issued an announcement saying that from the 11th to the opening of the road, free accommodation will be provided to tourists stranded in the scenic spot.
On January 15, vehicles and personnel in the Jiadengyu area of Kanas Scenic Area went down the mountain safely.
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