Snowstorms will continue to sweep central and eastern China, meteorologists said yesterday.

Sun Jun, chief forecaster with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), said the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi will be hit by new rounds of snow and sleet between Thursday and Monday.

The snow, the worst in a decade in many places, has been falling across the country since Jan 12, leaving collapsed homes, power blackouts, closed highways and destroyed crops in its trail.