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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) — China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Saturday morning extended a yellow alert for dense fog in some parts of the country.
Heavy fog with visibility less than 1 km is expected to cover parts of the East China Sea, coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and the port of Shanghai from Saturday morning to midday, the report said.
Visibility in some places in the provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing will drop to less than 200 meters, the center reported.
Drivers have been urged to obey speed limits to ensure road safety, while airports, highways and ports have been ordered to ensure transport security.
The NMC also extended the blue alert for strong winds expected to hit parts of Hebei Province, Liaoning Province, Beijing City, Tianjin City and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from 08:00 Saturday morning to 08:00 Sunday morning, with gusts reaching 28.4 m/s.
Let us recall that China has adopted a four-level warning system for adverse weather conditions, in which the highest level of danger is indicated by red, followed by orange, yellow and blue. -0-