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February 2, 2009, Monday
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RETURNING holidaymakers will face more challenges as fog lingered yesterday, the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday, and rain and snow are expected to lash parts of the country over the next three days, the National Meteorological Center said yesterday.
Meteorological departments in the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu and Liaoning issued heavy fog warnings yesterday morning.
The NMC forecast fog and haze in parts of Liaoning, Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces. Visibility was reduced to less than 1,000 meters, and to within 200 meters in some regions.
The country is being warned to brace itself for a new round of rain and snow in the next three days.
Light to moderate snow is forecast in parts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Heilongjiang Province, Tibet Autonomous Region and areas along the Yellow River and Huaihe River.
Heavy fog on Saturday forced flights and expressways to close in east and central China, delaying the return of thousands of people at the end of the week's break.
The authorities are trying to avoid traffic disruptions that could lead to thousands of stranded passengers, which happened during last year's Spring Festival rush as a result of the worst winter in south China in half a century.
The country expected 2.32 billion journeys over the 40 days before and after the Lunar New Year: 188 million by train, 2.077 billion by road, 24.20 million by air and 29 million by ship.
The country's airlines carried 4.02 million passengers during the Lunar New Year holiday from January 25 to 31, up 20 percent from the holiday last year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration.
In the 20 days since January 11, China's railways recorded 87.93 million trips, 4.4 million a day on average, up 15.6 percent from the same period last year.
Another 248 million travelers hit the roads from January 25 to 31, up 5.6 percent from the same period last year, the Ministry of Transport said on Saturday, but the number of traffic accidents was down 57.6 percent.
Meteorological departments in the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu and Liaoning issued heavy fog warnings yesterday morning.
The NMC forecast fog and haze in parts of Liaoning, Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan, Zhejiang and other provinces. Visibility was reduced to less than 1,000 meters, and to within 200 meters in some regions.
The country is being warned to brace itself for a new round of rain and snow in the next three days.
Light to moderate snow is forecast in parts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Heilongjiang Province, Tibet Autonomous Region and areas along the Yellow River and Huaihe River.
Heavy fog on Saturday forced flights and expressways to close in east and central China, delaying the return of thousands of people at the end of the week's break.
The authorities are trying to avoid traffic disruptions that could lead to thousands of stranded passengers, which happened during last year's Spring Festival rush as a result of the worst winter in south China in half a century.
The country expected 2.32 billion journeys over the 40 days before and after the Lunar New Year: 188 million by train, 2.077 billion by road, 24.20 million by air and 29 million by ship.
The country's airlines carried 4.02 million passengers during the Lunar New Year holiday from January 25 to 31, up 20 percent from the holiday last year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration.
In the 20 days since January 11, China's railways recorded 87.93 million trips, 4.4 million a day on average, up 15.6 percent from the same period last year.
Another 248 million travelers hit the roads from January 25 to 31, up 5.6 percent from the same period last year, the Ministry of Transport said on Saturday, but the number of traffic accidents was down 57.6 percent.
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