Rain helps clear the air a little in Beijing
Source: Xinhua |
February 1, 2013, Friday
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THE heavy smog that has choked Beijing for the past five days weakened slightly yesterday due to rain, although the capital's air remained heavily polluted.
A little rain fell overnight on Wednesday, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said. The air quality index fell but was still above 200, or seriously polluted.
Earlier this week, Beijing implement stricter measures to reduce pollutants, including suspending the use of 30 percent of local government vehicles and halting production at 103 heavily polluting companies.
But not everyone abided by the measures. More than 800 government vehicles supposed to be suspended were still in use, municipal traffic authorities said.
And several construction sites ordered to suspend their work failed to do so on Wednesday.
In many other parts of north and east China, smog has disrupted flights and traffic.
Thirty flights were canceled and 78 flights were delayed yesterday morning at an airport in Tianjin, just east of Beijing.
Visibility was reduced to less than 50 meters in many parts of east China's Shandong Province.
However, the National Meteorological Center rescinded its yellow smog alert early yesterday with smog in central and east China expected to be dispersed by a cold front due today.
A little rain fell overnight on Wednesday, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said. The air quality index fell but was still above 200, or seriously polluted.
Earlier this week, Beijing implement stricter measures to reduce pollutants, including suspending the use of 30 percent of local government vehicles and halting production at 103 heavily polluting companies.
But not everyone abided by the measures. More than 800 government vehicles supposed to be suspended were still in use, municipal traffic authorities said.
And several construction sites ordered to suspend their work failed to do so on Wednesday.
In many other parts of north and east China, smog has disrupted flights and traffic.
Thirty flights were canceled and 78 flights were delayed yesterday morning at an airport in Tianjin, just east of Beijing.
Visibility was reduced to less than 50 meters in many parts of east China's Shandong Province.
However, the National Meteorological Center rescinded its yellow smog alert early yesterday with smog in central and east China expected to be dispersed by a cold front due today.
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