Snow Hits Northeast China as Temperatures Drop and Comes Coldest Winter Since '12 on Way

Northeast China's Jilin province issued snow and icy road warnings on Oct 30 because the temperatures dropped along with a promise of approaching rain or snow for 24 hours, leaving roads covered in ice and snow.

Get ready for the coldest winter since 2012. Most of China - but especially the northeast and northwest - is expected to feel a big chill this winter, thanks to a climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean called La Nina, meteorologists said on Monday.

"Affected by a growing La Nina, the country's average temperature this winter is forecast to be 0.5 degree (Celsius) lower than average," said Zheng Fei, a researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Pedestrians walk in snow during the first snowfall of the season in Changchun, capital city of Northeast China's Jilin province, Oct 30, 2016.

A street cleaner continues to pick up trash despite of the snowfall in Changchun, Oct 30, 2016.

Visitors walk in the snowfall to take in the snowy landscape in Beishan park, Jilin, on Oct 30.

Snow gradually covers the road and pine trees in Jilin, a major city in Northeast China's Jilin province, on Oct 30.