Haze continues to wreak havoc in north, east China
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Heavy haze shrouded north and east China yesterday with highways closed and flights delayed or canceled.
In Shanghai, the current foggy weather is expected to continue in some districts but the haze is likely to ease.
The National Meteorological Center said on its website that the Yangtze Delta region and central and southern parts of north China, including Beijing, will suffer Level 4 to Level 5 air pollution, with the heaviest Level 6 predicted in some areas.
The high temperature in Shanghai today will be 17 degrees Celsius and the low 9, but the mercury is expected to drop to as low as 4 degrees later in the week due to a cold front, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said.
The weather bureau issued an orange heavy fog alert at 5am yesterday, the second highest of a three-color warning system.
The alert was removed at 10:30am as visibility improved. A yellow haze alert issued at 7:05am was lifted at 1:25pm.
The Air Quality Index reached 229, or heavily polluted, by 8pm last night. The highest AQI at 8pm was recorded in downtown Jing’an District — 340.
The city’s PM2.5 density was 136 micrograms per cubic meter by 8pm, nearly double the country’s limit of 75. The highest density of 189 micrograms per cubic meter was recorded in Qingpu District by 8pm.
The Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center forecast that air quality would be lightly polluted this morning with an AQI of between 95 and 115.
Visibility yesterday was between 80 and 200 meters in most districts, causing problems for drivers and affecting almost 60 flights.
One person died in a seven-vehicle pile-up on Shenhai Highway yesterday. Police said the accident happened at 9am on the Songjiang section of the highway.
Two of the vehicles were severely damaged. The driver of one of the vehicles died on the scene. In another accident, a car rolled over on Nanpu Bridge at about 7:08am yesterday.
Fifty-four flights were canceled or delayed at Hongqiao Airport and five flights were delayed at Pudong Airport by 9pm.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were three major reasons behind the widespread haze — unfavorable weather conditions making it difficult for pollutants to diffuse, motor vehicle exhaust, and coal consumption for winter heating.
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