It’s foggy in many places in China: Anhui issues red warning with visibility below 50 meters
04.01.2024
Heavy foggy weather has occurred in many provinces in China. Affected by the mixture of fog and haze, visibility is extremely low. In some areas of Jiangsu and Anhui, visibility is even lower than 50 meters, resulting in highway closures and flight delays. Anhui issued a “red alert”. As of Thursday, Chinese officials had issued fog warnings for nine consecutive days.
(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) China’s National Meteorological Administration said that provinces such as Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian were all affected by heavy fog, with visibility in some areas falling below 200 meters. In some areas of southern Jiangsu and Anhui, visibility was even lower than 50 meters. The Meteorological Bureau issued “orange alert“According to forecasts, heavy fog will occur in many areas of China on Friday.People in many places need to prevent the adverse effects of mixed fog and haze weather。
Some areas in Anhui issued the most severe red alert, with many highways temporarily closed due to low visibility. Some areas in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, once caused varying degrees of traffic jams due to heavy fog and poor visibility.
According to the FlightView flight tracking app, foggy weather delayed dozens of flights departing from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Thursday (January 4). A passenger traveling to Harbin told Reuters her flight was delayed for several hours. The Paper reported that Shanghai was experiencing fog, haze and cooling on Thursday. Most areas had thick fog with visibility less than 500 meters, with visibility less than 200 meters in some areas. At the same time, PM2.5 pollution was superimposed, and there was also mild haze.
Lianhe Zaobao reported that starting last Wednesday (December 27), China experienced the strongest smog since winter. As of Thursday, Chinese officials had issued fog warnings for nine consecutive days.
(Reuters, etc.)
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2024-01-04 09:49:37
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