Snow wreaks havoc in Beijing air, land traffic
By Hu Min |
December 15, 2012, Saturday
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SNOW is expected to fall in much of north China over the next several days, after air and road traffic in Beijing and surrounding areas was disrupted yesterday.
While the snow is expected to stop in Beijing today, the National Meteorological Center yesterday forecast light to moderate snow and sleet for most of the country's northern and northeastern provinces. Also, part of Inner Mongolia and areas north of the Yellow and Huaihe rivers were to be affected through the weekend, Xinhua news agency reported.
At Beijing Capital International Airport, where the visibility was 1,200 meters, 51 flights were canceled yesterday, with another 22 flights delayed, the airport said.
Flights to Shanghai, Kunming, Yantai and Changsha were either canceled or delayed. Crews were busy clearing snow and ice from runways and de-icing planes' wings.
Ticketing booths selling railway tickets at the airport were packed with passengers who were trying to take trains, the Legal Evening News reported.
Snow in urban areas had reached on average 4.7 millimeters in the morning, and snow in some areas hit 2 to 5 centimeters, Beijing's meteorological bureau said.
Some primary schools were given circulars by educational authorities to close by noon due to the traffic, Xinhua reported.
Meanwhile, twenty-eight vehicles were caught in a pile-up on an east China highway yesterday morning amid sleet and fog, leaving nine people dead and about 60 injured, local authorities said.
While the snow is expected to stop in Beijing today, the National Meteorological Center yesterday forecast light to moderate snow and sleet for most of the country's northern and northeastern provinces. Also, part of Inner Mongolia and areas north of the Yellow and Huaihe rivers were to be affected through the weekend, Xinhua news agency reported.
At Beijing Capital International Airport, where the visibility was 1,200 meters, 51 flights were canceled yesterday, with another 22 flights delayed, the airport said.
Flights to Shanghai, Kunming, Yantai and Changsha were either canceled or delayed. Crews were busy clearing snow and ice from runways and de-icing planes' wings.
Ticketing booths selling railway tickets at the airport were packed with passengers who were trying to take trains, the Legal Evening News reported.
Snow in urban areas had reached on average 4.7 millimeters in the morning, and snow in some areas hit 2 to 5 centimeters, Beijing's meteorological bureau said.
Some primary schools were given circulars by educational authorities to close by noon due to the traffic, Xinhua reported.
Meanwhile, twenty-eight vehicles were caught in a pile-up on an east China highway yesterday morning amid sleet and fog, leaving nine people dead and about 60 injured, local authorities said.
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