This weekend, Beijing will postpone major sporting events, close gardens, suspend dozens of train services, and issue a typhoon-like gale alert to its 22 million residents. Beijing is also gearing up for typhoon-like gales. Numerous planes were canceled.
A cold vortex from Mongolia is expected to sweep through northern Chinese provinces starting on Friday ( Apr 11 ) afternoon through the weekend, bringing with it unusually strong winds, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency, with gusts up to 150kmh.
At this time of year, powerful winds that carry sand and dust from Mongolia are common, but climate change has made climate activities more severe. This weekend, Beijing issued its second peach storm alert in ten years, the second-highest of four levels.
Scientists warned that wind velocity was foe or surpass April records dating back to 1951 and that the capital’s temperatures were forecast to collapse by 12 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday.
Northern China and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia are expected to experience heavy snowfall, while southeastern China is expected to experience the most severe thunderstorms so far this year.
A quarter marathon in Beijing that was scheduled for Sunday, where human robots were supposed to compete alongside people to promote China’s technological advancements, has been postponed by a week.
On Friday and Saturday, 103 trains were canceled, and 56 to travel from the investment.
31 planes for Friday and 17 for Saturday were cancelled as of noon local moment with China Southern Airlines.
To reduce the likelihood that more than 4, 800 trees may break or fall, more than 4, 800 were neither reinforced or pruned throughout the city.
The theme” keep house Saturday” was popular on Sina Weibo on Friday, according to the Global Times, as the security advice became popular.
More than 74 million people have been notified on Weibo about the statement, which added that “one professional advises those under 50 kg not to go outside.”
According to the Ministry of Emergency Management, natural disasters in China resulted in direct economic losses of 9.3 billion yuan ( US$ 1.27 billion ) in the first two months of 2025.  ,