At least 100,000 Chinese new year travellers stuck at railway station
Source: The Guardian
... a bout of freezing weather and snow across eastern and central China saw at least 23 trains delayed, leaving many trapped in and around the station. Aerial photographs published by one website showed a crush of bodies snaking towards the train station through metal barricades. About 176,000 passengers had been due to pass through the station on Monday alone. “There are too many people and it is too crowded,” one stranded passenger, who was not named, told state broadcaster CCTV.
Local media said the situation was so severe that authorities declared a “level two emergency” and deployed more than 2,600 security guards to watch over the throng. Guangzhou police chief Xie Xiaodan and Chen Rugui, a senior Communist party leader, were also dispatched to the scene in a bid to avert rioting and stampedes.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/at-least-100000-chinese-new-year-travellers-stuck-at-railway-station
When I first saw the picture, I thought it was a Bernie Sanders rally.
I jest. Hopefully these people are able to get back to their families and no one gets hurt, especially young ones who are vulnerable to crushing throngs of crowds moving unpredictably.
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