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Today, the southwestern part of Tibet is welcoming heavy snowfall. The snowfall in Pu'an County and Zanda County in the Ali area is large, and some areas encounter blizzard.

Today (January 22), starting at 3 am, the Maji Mula section of the border between Ali and Shigatse on National Highway 219, and the Pulan branch line, began to appear snowfall. The current snowfall continues, reaching the level of blizzard, accompanied by strong winds. At 15 o'clock on the 22nd, the thickest part of the snow is 40 cm.

The traffic detachment of a certain department of the armed police dispatched dozens of officers and men of several snow clearing units and several large rescue equipments, and carried out rescue and snow removal work in multiple ways.

Since the local area has already implemented traffic control on the 219 National Road section, no personnel and vehicles have been blocked.

According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, from January 22 to 23, there were small to medium snow in southwestern Tibet, heavy snow or blizzard in some areas, and heavy blizzard (20-28 mm) in some areas. Here, we remind the majority of the staff to grasp the weather and road traffic conditions, do a good job in travel planning, and drive safely and cautiously.