There have been no such alerts for a decade. Records may fall 70 years ago

On Saturday, a large part of China faced a gusk of a strong wind at 150 kilometers per hour. In Beijing, for the first time in a decade, the second, the highest level of the alert before the gale was released this weekend. The warning covered 22 million inhabitants. According to the Xinhua agency, in the 13 districts of the Chinese capital there were gusts above 100 km/h on Saturday.

Until 14 o'clock, 703 trees in Beijing knocked down strong gusts, and 693 flights were canceled at two international airports in Beijing. Monuments and parks in the city have been preventively closed. This happened in the case of the summer palace and the temple of heaven. Traffic on 15 terrestrial railway routes was also suspended, which did not operate 106 stations.

The gale forced to postpone the half -marathon planned for Sunday with the participation of humanoid robots competing with people to present China's technological progress.

Sandstorms raging on the section from internal Mongolia to the Yangtcy river region paralyzed traffic in eight provinces – the Xinhua agency and the state broadcaster of CCTV said. In the autonomous region of Mongolia, gusts and accompanying snowstorms disrupted railway, road and air traffic. Fast Rail Services to Beijing departing from central and western areas of the region were temporarily suspended and the airports canceled dozens of flights.

In the northern province of Shanxi, the National Electrical Network operator has deployed over 3,000 employees to inspect and strengthen electrical installations. Repair teams and mobile generators were to ensure a quick power restoration in the event of a failure. In the province of Henan in central China, extreme storms prompted local authorities to issue over 100 warnings. Many tourist attractions have been temporarily closed as a preventive measure.