Soldiers clean the snow at Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province February 2, 2008.

A worker fixes a power cable tower destroyed by heavy snow in Tongshan County of Hubei Province February 2, 2008.

Bamboos collapse after failing to bear the weight of snow in Xianning of Hubei Province February 2, 2008.

A passenger waits to cancel his ticket in Guangzhou February 2, 2008. Some people stranded in Guangzhou have chosen to give up train travels after heavy snow paralyzed the railway system of the province.

People make their way in snow in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province, February 2, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency February 3, 2008)