Police officers dug a hole in the snow to avoid a raging blizzard in northwest China.

The video, filmed in the county of Hejing in Xinjiang Province on February 12, shows two police officers taking shelter in the snow while waiting for their colleagues to pick them up.

According to reports, the two police officers worked for five hours to rescue people and vehicles trapped on the snow-covered road.

After all the trapped people were saved and the police officers were waiting for their colleagues to pick them up, the wind speed reached 38.5 mph to 46 mph and the temperature reached minus 30 degrees Celsius.

Since the police officers had no place to hide, they dug a hole into a two-metre-high snow wall piled up by a snowblower, and stayed inside to keep warm.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2月12日大年初一，受风吹雪的恶劣天气影响，新疆巴州和静县多处路段车辆受阻，民众被困。风雪中，民警在能见度不足5米的道路上，组织除雪机等大型机械清除道路积雪。遇到救援机械无法到达的地方，就用铁锹挖、徒手刨、为车轮绑防滑链等方式，帮助车辆脱困。
一大早得知风交雪天气有群众受困时，买尔旦和欧英巴特两人主动请缨前往环境最恶劣的艾尔肯达坂救援群众，经过了5个小时的连续奋战，该路段车辆、群众全部脱困。
下午3点，两人在自己的点位等待战友接他们回去，此时风力达到了8级，气温也骤降至零下30度，两人没有地方可躲避风雪，看到清雪车推起的近2米高的雪墙，两人灵机一动在雪墙里掏了一个洞，在洞里稍作休息。恰巧，不远处正在开展清雪作业的公路局工作人员看到这一幕被深深触动，立即掏出手机拍了下来。
“警察同志太不容易了，他们俩大年初一就一直配合着我们疏导救援、维护指挥交通，当时风雪太大了，估计他们实在是冻的受不了了，又怕到远处我们车里避风雪影响工作，就想出这个办法。”伊犁公路管理局那拉提公路分局工作人员马合木提·吐达洪感同身受地说，面对镜头，买尔丹·阿布来提不好意思的用手遮住了脸庞，又露出了腼腆的笑容，正是这腼腆的笑容融化了冰雪温暖了受困在回家团圆路上的群众的心。（视频由新疆台提供）