Heavy snowfall hitting parts of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from Friday has disrupted road traffic and caused cold waves in affected areas, with local authorities responding swiftly by adopting effective measures. Huma County in the Daxing'anling region of the province experienced blizzard on Friday night, and local authorities immediately activated emergency response plans to ensure safe transportation. To cope with the continuous snowfall, the local meteorological department issued consecutive yellow warnings for road icing and blizzards, the third severest in China's four-tier weather warning system that is color-coded with red, orange, yellow and blue. Huma County put in machines and personnel to clear the snow, and traffic police are deployed on key road sections to guide the traffic amid snow. "We deployed 15 snowplows to continuously clear the roads and dispatched 12 trucks to haul the snow away, aiming at completing the snow-removing task as quickly as possible so residents can travel safely and smoothly," said Yu Deshui, deputy head of the urban construction service center of Huma County. As of 17:00 Saturday, Huma County had seen a total of 6.2 millimeters of snowfall and a snow depth of 11 centimeters, reaching blizzard levels. Heavy snowfall across Heihe City, Heilongjiang, activating the city's emergency plan. Heating, transport and other departments quickly coordinated to ensure travel safety and normal daily life for the local residents. For road safety, all long-distance coaches were suspended from Saturday morning; the railway station and airport stayed open, while restrictions were put on some expressways and others were closed. The city's heating departments have inspected heating network to ensure that all exchange stations are operating at full capacity to keep homes warm. "In response to this round of temperature drop, we put another coal-fired boiler into operation. With the newly-added heating unit, the supply water temperature can reach 85 degrees Celsius and the return water temperature can reach 45 degrees Celsius, which can raise the indoor temperature in users' homes by two degrees Celsius," said Tang Yuanbo, deputy head of the operation branch of Heihe Thermal Power Co., Ltd.. SHOTLIST: Daxing'anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China - Oct 31-Nov 1, 2025 1. Aerial shots of snow-covered roads, residential buildings; 2. Aerial shot of vehicle moving to clean snow; 3. People removing snow; 4. Traffic police guiding vehicles; 5. Vehicle moving to clean snow; 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) (starting with shots 4-5/ending with shot 7): "We deployed 15 snowplows to continuously clear the roads and dispatched 12 trucks to haul the snow away, aiming at completing the snow-removing task as quickly as possible so residents can travel safely and smoothly,"; 7. Various of snow being cleaned; 8. Aerial shot of snow-covered roads, residential buildings; Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China - Oct 31-Nov 1, 2025 9. Toll station; 10. Sign showing "expressway closed" in Chinese; 11. Various of vehicles, traffic police working; 12. Various of workers of heating company answering phone, working; 13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) (ending with shots 14-15): "In response to this round of temperature drop, we put another coal-fired boiler into operation. With the newly-added heating unit, the supply water temperature can reach 85 degrees Celsius and the return water temperature can reach 45 degrees Celsius, which can raise the indoor temperature in users' homes by two degrees Celsius."; 14. Boiler burning; 15. Coal; 16. Aerial shots of traffic on road, snow falling. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]