Akto

Xinjiang - China

2025-10-05

Aktao County Meteorological Observatory issues a yellow blizzard warning

Issue date: 2025-10-05T04:35+08:00

At 4:35 am on October 5, 2025, the Aktao County Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow blizzard warning signal: As of now, the snowfall at the Kuoshutuke Daban Station of Aktala Ranch in Kiziltao Town, Aktao County has been 11.5mm in the past 12 hours. It is expected that snowfall will continue from Kiziltao Town to Chalong Town in the next 12 hours, with some areas reaching blizzard levels. Attention should be paid to preventing adverse effects on transportation, facility agriculture, and animal husbandry.

Description

The snowfall will reach 6mm or more within 12 hours, or it has reached 6mm or more and the snowfall continues, which may affect traffic or agriculture and animal husbandry.

Guidelines

1. The government and relevant departments implement measures to prevent snow disasters and frost damage in accordance with their duties;

2. Departments of transportation, railways, electric power, communications, etc. should strengthen the inspection and maintenance of roads, railways, and lines, and do a good job in road cleaning and snow melting;

3. Pedestrians should pay attention to cold-proof and anti-skid, and drivers should drive carefully, and the vehicle should take anti-skid measures;

4. The farming and pastoral areas and the planting and breeding industry should prepare enough feed and be prepared for snow disaster and frost damage;

5. Reinforce scaffolding and other temporary structures that are easily compressed by snow