Beijing’s problems are the second highest gale alert when strong winds arrived in the capital’s region.
Hundreds of flights have been canceled and public parks are closed in Beijing, since the strong winds driven by a cold vortex of Mongolia neighboring demolished hundreds of trees and crushed cars the Chinese capital.
Beijing issued its second highest storm alert on Saturday, the first time in a decade, warning 22 million residents that avoid non -essential trips, since winds could potentially break the April records dating from 1951.
The two vast international airports of the city, Beijing Capital and Daxing, canceled 693 flights on Saturday afternoon with more violent weather warnings on the way, especially in the north and throughout the country’s coastal areas.
More flights and trains were also canceled since some parts of the country registered their most powerful winds in more than 75 years, registering up to 148 km/h (92 mph). The winds brought late snowfalls inside Mongolia and hail in southern China.
In Beijing, the Universal Studios theme park, forced to close operations at least until Sunday, while historical sites such as the forbidden city, the summer palace and the temple of the sky of Beijing were closed.
Soccer matches and other outdoor events also have their leges.
A half marathon was also canceled for Sunday with humanoid robots that compete with humans in an attempt to exhibit China’s technological advances.
The winds dominated the chats of social networks, with many people Conn expressions for food delivery workers challenging the conditions.
“In a climate like this, we can choose not to ask for delivery, it is too difficult for them,” wrote a Weibo user.
The sand storms extend during a section from internal Mongolia to the Yangtze river region, also paralyzed road trips in eight other provinces, Xinhua and the state station CCTV said.
The sand storms were also expected to affect Shanghai from Saturday afternoon until Sunday morning.
Strong winds and sand storms are generated in the dry north of China, where the deserts of Gobi and Taklamakan feel surrounded by grasslands and mountains and forests.
China has fought a battle for decades for lessons of the impact of sand storms, especially in Beijing, which is located on the verge of an arid region, and where the visibility of practically zero may have reduced.