Gridlock hell in freezing China

It was supposed to be a two-hour trip. True, the weather was cold, but it was clear and there was no snow expected for at least 12 hours.

Our aim was to get from Nanjing in the east to Hefei, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) due west in Anhui province, which was suffering its worst disaster since 1949.

We packed some food and plenty of water in a Toyota Pajero 4WD, and with producer Chen Xiaoni and cameraman Brad Olsen set off from our hotel about noon.

Almost immediately we were in a gridlock. This is a city of about 8.4 million and in any big Chinese city, traffic is bad. But this was something else.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/31/china.weather.stevens/index.html