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Planes, No Trains, And No Automobiles As Record Smog Shuts Beijing
7
October, 2013
China
started re-opening roads
and airports in Beijing and surrounding areas that have been shut by
record high levels of smog.
An estimated 430 million people were expected to travel during the holiday that ends today and with the air quality index "improving" from its highest possible level to below 200 (the line between heavy and medium pollution), some will be able to return home.
The clips below are stunning (and no that is not 'fog'); summed up best by one Shanghai-based accountant that Bloomberg reports noted, "I won’t go to heavily polluted places like China’s north region as it’s either hazardous to your health or causes trouble when traveling."
An estimated 430 million people were expected to travel during the holiday that ends today and with the air quality index "improving" from its highest possible level to below 200 (the line between heavy and medium pollution), some will be able to return home.
The clips below are stunning (and no that is not 'fog'); summed up best by one Shanghai-based accountant that Bloomberg reports noted, "I won’t go to heavily polluted places like China’s north region as it’s either hazardous to your health or causes trouble when traveling."
Beijing
Air Poluution Hits Highest
China
smog shrouds Beijing and Northern China
...
“Beijing
will see light rain tonight, which will make it easier for air
pollutants to dissipate,” Beijing Meteorological Bureau said today
in its official microblog. The bureau lifted a yellow alert on smog
at 8:50 a.m., predicting that visibility will improve.
The
closures yesterday of six expressways and disruption at Beijing
Capital International Airport underscore the severity of pollution
that has become the top cause of social unrest in China.
...
Police
closed six expressways linking the capital city to Shanghai, Tianjin
and Harbin yesterday, and 47 flights at Beijing Capital International
Airport were affected.
Some
parts of the expressways linking Beijing to Shanghai and Tianjin were
still closed as of 9:40 a.m
...
The
State Council, China’s cabinet, said last month it will cut coal
consumption, close steel plants and control the number of cars on its
roads to gradually eliminate heavily polluted days in as soon as a
decade.
...
China
will build a nationwide network within three to five years to monitor
the impact of air pollution on health, the official Xinhua News
Agency reported on Oct. 5, citing the Chinese Center for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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