2nd air pollution alert in Beijing in a month
posted on Oct 15, 2016 @ 5:33PM
Beijing issued the "yellow alert" for air pollution today for the second time this month as the Chinese capital remained blanketed by heavily-polluted haze, forcing city residents indoors. Moderate smog will fall over Beijing and northeast Hebei province from Saturday morning to Sunday morning, with some areas to see heavy smog, Xinhua news agency cited the National Meteorological Centre (NMC) as saying.China has a four-tier color-coded system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue. The authorities issue alerts when the AQI reaches 200 and severe air pollution is forecast to last at least one day. Beijing aims to keep average PM2.5 levels below 60 micrograms per cubic meters in 2017. This was the second time this month that Beijing issued a "yellow alert" after October 2.