In the past few days, some parts of China have been hit by rare heavy snowfall. The overall snowfall in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and other places has reached the once-in-60-years criterion, while some local areas have exceeded the once-in-a-century criterion. So far, according to statistics of disaster situations reported by each province, 38 people have died because of the disaster and more than one million people have been affected.