China issues first-ever red alert for fog

As if recent red alerts for smog weren't bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog to go along with them, reports CNN.
More fog envelops cars crossing a bridge in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
China's national observatory issued the fog alert Tuesday in a number of northern and eastern regions.
That followed some 24 cities issuing red alerts for air pollution. Red is the most serious level in the country's warning system. Hundreds of flights were canceled and road and rail transport ground to a halt under the low visibility.
Through Wednesday, thick fog in parts of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will reduce visibility to less than 500 meters (about 547 yards), as well as in the provinces of Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu, the National Meteorological Center said. In extreme cases, visibility may fall below 50 meters (55 meters) in those regions.

 

China issues first-ever red alert for fog

As if recent red alerts for smog werent bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog to go along with them, reports CNN. More fog envelops cars crossing a bridge in Yangzhou, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province. Chinas national observatory issued the fog alert Tuesday in a number of northern and eastern regions. That followed some 24 cities issuing red alerts for air pollution. Red is the most serious level in the countrys warning system. Hundreds of flights were canceled and road and rail transport ground to a halt under the low visibility. Through Wednesday, thick fog in parts of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will reduce visibility to less than 500 meters (about 547 yards), as well as in the provinces of Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu, the National Meteorological Center said. In extreme cases, visibility may fall below 50 meters (55 meters) in those regions.