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Snow to hit China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Xinhua, March 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world," will see heavy snow, the country's weather observatory forecast Sunday.

From Sunday night to Tuesday, heavy snow or even blizzards will hit the southern part of Qinghai Province, central and southern Tibet and the northwest of Sichuan Province, the National Meteorological Center said.

At the same time, China's central and eastern regions will see rising temperatures next week, according to the center. Endi