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Fog closes highways, tailed by sandstorm

HEAVY fog and smog caused many highways in many parts of China to close last night and this morning, the state-run CCTV reported.

Several highways in the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and in the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan have been closed since last night.

As of 7:30am, 19 highways in Hebei and 17 in Tianjin had been suspended.

This year's worst sandstorm hit north China this morning. Haidian District in Beijing is the first to suffer severe air pollution that is spreading across the capital, according to the CCTV report.

Gansu and Hebei provinces in northwest and central China also reported big sandstorms.



 

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