Temperatures could drop by 6 to 12 degrees by Friday in southern areas. Some places in Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangxi region could even drop by more than 20 degrees.
Temperatures broke a 64-year record in the Xinjiang region, in the far west of China, where the thermometer showed -52.3°C on Monday. In Beijing, residents woke up to a capital covered in white following heavy snowfall overnight. Dozens of road sections and hundreds of toll booths have been closed across the country.