Slideshow: Snow and Collapsing South/Central China Grid

Disastrous snowstorms swept Southern and Central China just before the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival. The group of photos below illustrates an electricity tower that has been wrapped with thick ice, causing power outages for millions, via Daqi.com:

Check out two other powerful sets of photos on 2008 snow storm in China:

Photo Essay: China vs. the Blizzard, from Foreign Policy

China in Snow under the Lenses of Time Magazine Reporter
, via Daqi.com

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