A statue is covered with ice Tuesday in a square in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, after the city experienced a rare freezing rain after 60 years. Photo: IC Photo

People walk in the snow on a street in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. The city was hit by the first blizzard of this winter on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

Heavy snowfall disrupts traffic in Daqing, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

The wipers on the vehicles have been erected to prevent freezing in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Tuesday. Photo: Yu Haiyang/China News Service, VCG

A man carrying an umbrella walks through the snow on Tuesday in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: VCG

A man stands in the snow on Tuesday. The freezing rain has damaged more than 70,000 trees in the city, according to the statistics from a local forestry department. Photo: IC Photo

People walk on a snow-covered road on Tuesday in Anshan, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. A blizzard hit the city on Monday. Photo: VCG

Snow is piled up on a street in Daqing, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

A man clears snow to make a path in a neighborhood in Liaoyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Medical staff walk to a site to conduct nucleic acid tests for people trapped by the blizzard on National Highway 102 in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Railway workers remove snow from a train to ensure its smooth operation on Tuesday in Chifeng, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Photo: VCG

A worker clears the snow at a subway entrance on Monday in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: VCG

A staffer at the Shenyang Airport directs a plane in the snow. A large number of flights were delayed or canceled due to the heavy snow on Monday in Northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: VCG