5 minutes ago! Extreme Winds Devastate China Provinces As Severe Weather Strikes

5 minutes ago! Extreme Winds Devastate China Provinces As Severe Weather Strikes

Over 400 flights were canceled and major attractions closed in Beijing Saturday as powerful winds swept northern China, marking the capital's first orange wind alert in a decade.

The powerful winds stemmed mainly from a cold vortex system formed over Mongolia that was moving east and south, sweeping across northern China from Friday through the weekend, the China Meteorological Administration said. "The strongest winds are expected during the daytime of April 12, with wind speeds at some observation stations approaching or even surpassing historical records for the same period since 1951," the CMA said in a statement.

Beijing earlier issued its first orange alert the second-highest tier -- for strong winds in a decade for this weekend. id, adding that no injuries due to the strong winds had been reported in Beijing yet.

China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that scientists say are driving climate change and making extreme weather more frequent and intense.

Dozens of people were killed and thousands evacuated during storms that caused severe flooding around the country last year. In May, a highway in southern China collapsed after days of rain, killing 48 people.

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