Heavy fog hit Beijing on Saturday morning, resulting in traffic chaos, and warnings for children and the elderly not to go outside.
Dense-fog alarms were sounded at around 5:20 am and 11 am on Saturday. Visibility in the city was down to 200 metres.
Seven of the city’s expressways were closed between 5:05 pm on Friday and 3 am the following morning.
Beijing was not the only area affected, as fog covered almost the entire eastern part of the country on Saturday.
Fog causes traffic chaos – Guan Xiaofeng
Posted by Xiao Qiang | Nov 7, 2005
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