Severe convective weather hit Beijing on Tuesday evening, resulting in thunderstorms, hailstorms and strong winds in multiple districts of the capital city.
The harsh weather started around 20:20 local time, moving from northwest to southeast across the capital and ending after the midnight.
Fangshan District was hit by hailstones as large as palm-sized, while Haidian district experienced thunderstorms accompanied by hail.
The hail weather in Shijingshan District lasted about 10 minutes. A section of the released video shot by a resident near Shougang Exhibition Center showed that hailstones, about the size of a table tennis ball, pouring down, smashing onto roads with a loud crackling sound.
A senior engineer at Beijing Fire Brigade said by Tuesday night they had not received any emergency call for rescue or help because of the hail and rain.
Earlier the same day, the Beijing Meteorological Service issued a yellow hail warning, a yellow thunderstorm warning and a blue wind warning, and advised the public to take shelter from hail.
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing
