About 1,000 tourists trapped in China’s Xinjiang after avalanches

Snow brought by the avalanches reach as high as seven metres in some parts and in many, was higher than snow clearing equipment, CCTV said.

Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China’s northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.