First snow fall in Beijing disrupts traffic
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Xinhua, December 2, 2011
First snow fell in Beijing on Friday morning, disrupting the city's rush-hour traffic and stranding flights.
![Snow falls onto the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2011. Beijing witnessed the first snowfall of this winter on Friday morning. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111202/000cf1bdd03f10426dba21.jpg "Snow falls onto the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2011. Beijing witnessed the first snowfall of this winter on Friday morning. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua]") |
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Snow falls onto the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2011. Beijing witnessed the first snowfall of this winter on Friday morning. [Xing Guangli/Xinhua] |
The Beijing Meteorological Station issued a forecast of the snow at 6:55 a.m., providing a warning about dangerous road conditions and extended gridlock.
Beijing Capital International Airport confirmed the snow has disrupted five flights by 8 a.m., delaying one for more than an hour and causing four others to be canceled.
As of 8 a.m., Beijing's downtown and the outlying districts of Daxing, Fengtai, Tongzhou and Changping had received light snow, with Daxing district experiencing the largest precipitation of 0.7 mm.
The station also reported the snow is expected to last till around midday, with a daily maximum temperature of four Celsius degrees.
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