9 buried after blizzard collapses factory roof

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Snow on the road are cleared away by snow removers in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 25, 2013. As of noon on Monday, ten highways in Heilongjiang were closed, eight flights were canceled, and four airports had been closed. Heavy snowstorms will hit northeast China on Monday and Tuesday, while a cold front sweeps central and eastern China over the next three days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunxiang)

The collapse of a factory building's roof in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province buried nine people on Monday afternoon, local authorities said.

Officials with the emergency response office of Mudanjiang City said the accident, which happened at 1:10 p.m. in the city's Aiming District, was probably caused by blizzards.

Rescue efforts are under way.

A new round of snow pelted the northeastern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin from Sunday, closing highways and canceling flights in many places.

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