FILE PHOTO: Workers on a coal carrier prepare to offload coal on Liyun River in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's worst blizzards this winter have snarled the country's railroads and highways, cutting off critical supplies of thermal coal, and fuelling a rally in prices to record highs and raising concerns about potential heating and electricity shortages.
The chaos, with coal piling up at mines and ports after a week of heavy snowfall, comes two weeks before the week-long Spring Festival holiday, when hundreds of millions of people travel vast distances home to celebrate with their families.
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