Thick fog forces expressway closures across China
Conditions expected to persist for several days in some parts of the country
Thick fog forced the temporary closure of expressways across China on Tuesday, with visibility cut to less than 50 metres in some areas.
The eastern province of Anhui was one of the worst affected areas. In the city of Fuyang, all expressway entrances were closed and traffic police mobilised to direct vehicles as visibility fell to less than 200 metres, the report said.
In neighbouring Linquan county, the weather observatory issued a red fog alert – the highest in the country’s four-tier warning system. Entrances to the main expressway to Beijing were shut at about 2am, stranding more than 100 trucks.
Similar conditions were reported in the provincial capital of Hefei.
“It wasn’t easy to make it here because I couldn’t see the road clearly. I’ve been stuck here for almost two hours,” a truck driver stranded by an expressway on-ramp in Hefei said.