Heavy fog engulfed China's capital city of Beijing and the city of Dezhou in east China's Shandong Province between Friday and Saturday, with visibility even dropping to less than 50 meters in some areas.
From Friday night to Saturday morning, Beijing experienced dense fog. Visibility was reduced to less than one kilometer, with some areas even being below 500 meters.
The Beijing Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow alert for heavy fog on Friday afternoon. The fog prolonged in most areas of the capital city on Saturday morning, according to the observatory.
Due to the thick fog, sections of expressways in Beijing such as Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Tianjin, and Beijing-Harbin were closed.
The observatory forecasts scattered light rain from Saturday afternoon to the evening, with continued poor visibility.
At 05:30 on Saturday, the Shandong Provincial Meteorological Observatory issued an orange alert for heavy fog, with Lingcheng District and Pingyuan County in Dezhou experiencing visibility of less than 200 meters, with some areas even having visibility below 50 meters.
According to the expressway traffic police department of Dezhou, temporary traffic control measures were implemented at toll stations of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and the Binzhou-Dezhou Expressway. As of 10:00 on Saturday morning, the traffic control measures on the affected sections had been lifted.
Dense fog envelops Beijing, Dezhou with poor visibility
Dense fog envelops Beijing, Dezhou with poor visibility
