Heavy Smog To Cloud North China During Lunar New Year Holiday
Faizan Hashmi Published February 14, 2018 | 04:15 PM
Moderate to severe smog will blanket parts of north China during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday due to disappearing wind and rising humidity, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has said
BEIJING(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Feb, 2018 ) :Moderate to severe smog will blanket parts of north China during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday due to disappearing wind and rising humidity, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has said.
The affected areas include central and south of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, west of Shandong Province and most of Henan Province. Smog will increase between February 15 to 17 before getting lighter on Feb.
18 to 19. Pollution will ease from Feb. 20 as wind arrives. Pollution will hit Beijing from February 15 to 18. Severe pollution is expected on the evening of February 15 and will continue on February 16 due to the temporary lifting of the ban on fireworks.
Beijing and surrounding areas reported better air quality in the first month of 2018 as major air pollutants plummeted, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a statement Monday. In 13 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, "good air" days accounted for 64.5 percent of the total last month on average, up by 28.3 percent from a year ago, the statement said.
Beijing saw the biggest improvement as the proportion of days with blue skies reached 80.6 percent.
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