Northeast China blizzards cancel flights, force school closures

Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards came early for northeast China on Monday, with the country's most northernmost province, Heilongjiang, cancelling flights and closing schools, according to state media and government notices. Heilongjiang cancelled 49 flights, but operations were otherwise normal at the airport in its capital, Harbin, the government said in a statement. Most parts of Harbin suspended primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, and off-campus training institutions, according to the government's official Wechat account, as snow and freezing temperatures hit the region.