LHASA -- Traffic on a highway linking Tibet with the neighboring province of Sichuan was halted Thursday noon after four avalanches, local authorities said.
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Soldiers shovel snow from a road blocked by an avalanche on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway between Baxoi and Bomi counties in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, February 26, 2009. [cnr.cn]
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The avalanches occurred on a section straddling Tibet's Baxoi and Bomi counties, 1.5 kilometers away from the Midui Glacier, after continuous snow from Wednesday, said Liu Hongchun, an armed police officer in charge of clearance work.
Two road sections each with a length of about 130 meters were blocked. No casualties had been reported, he said.
About 30 people were stranded at the site and many travelers in Bomi County and Ra'og Town, Baxoi County, were also stranded, he said.
The snow stopped at 5 p.m..
