Hailstorms hit multiple districts of Beijing

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

China's domestically produced large passenger aircraft, the C919, has begun flying a new route linking Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, with Wenzhou, a major economic city in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to the route's operator, China Southern Airlines. Monday's launch of the Guangzhou–Wenzhou service marks the regular deployment of the C919 on passenger flights between the two cities. China Southern Airlines plans to operate two round-trip flights daily on the route.

The C919 is a narrow-body passenger jet with a maximum capacity of 192 seats. It is China's first self-developed trunk jetliner, built to international airworthiness standards and featuring independently registered intellectual property rights.

China Southern Airlines, the country's largest carrier, has taken delivery of 10 C919 aircraft. As of Monday, its C919 fleet had operated more than 8,300 flights, carrying over 1.13 million passengers and serving 21 destinations.

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