Blizzards continue in snowbound China

The worst blizzards to hit China in 50 years showed no signs of lessening today with cities blacked out, transport systems paralysed and a bus crash on an icy road that killed at least 25 people.

The extreme weather, blamed for more than 50 deaths in the past fortnight, arrived as the country began one of the world’s biggest annual mass movements of humanity, the Chinese New Year festival.