On Feb. 1, seven airports across southern, eastern and central China were closed as of noon as more snowstorms began to batter the hard-hit regions.

Huanglong Airport in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province, was expected to reopen at 1pm today depending on the weather, Sina.com reported on Feb. 1.

Nanchang Airport in Jiangxi Province, Huangshan Airport in Anhui Province and Hetian Airport in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will not reopen until at least 2pm, the report said.

Tongren Airport in Guizhou Province may reopen at 4:30pm today and Zhijiang Airport in Huaihua City, Hunan Province, may resume operations at 10am tomorrow, the report said.

Changsha Airport in Hunan's provincial capital city has also been shut down because of ice-covered runways. The report said it was not known when it would reopen.

The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert for strong snow at 6am today, warning that the new blizzards will hit the provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.

Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang will be the worst-hit among the provinces, the center said.

The snow and below-freezing temperatures were expected to further impact agriculture, the electrical grid, telecommunications and transport, the center said.