Rain and snow will hit parts of northeast and southwest China in the coming three days, the national observatory forecast on Sunday. Snow or sleet is expected to hit Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, most of northeast China and some parts of Guizhou Province from Sunday to Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center said in a statement, adding that these regions may see moderate to heavy snow. Meanwhile, Yunnan and Hainan provinces and Taiwan will see light to moderate rain, it said. According to Xinhua, it also forecast that a cold front moving southeastward will drag temperatures down by 4 to 8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday in areas north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
