HawaiiNewsNow reports on the horrible smog today in China. It is so bad that flights have been cancelled. Now, I'm used to the idea of flights being cancelled due to hurricanes, snow, and other weather related problems. But cancelled because it is too smoggy?
Visual distances right now in:
Beijing - 0 miles (flights cancelled)
Kona - 10 miles
Honolulu - 10 miles
Kahului - 10 miles
Denver - 10 miles
Boston - 10 miles
LA - 10 miles
Paris, France - 6 miles
Ahwaz, Iran - 5 miles [ranked in top 10 smoggiest city worldwide]
Ludhaina, India - 1 mile [ranked in top 10 smoggiest city worldwide]
Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The red alert affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization.
China has long faced some of the worst air pollution in the world, blamed on its reliance of coal for energy and factory production, as well as a surplus of older, less efficient cars on its roads.
Beijing - 0 miles (flights cancelled)
Kona - 10 miles
Honolulu - 10 miles
Kahului - 10 miles
Denver - 10 miles
Boston - 10 miles
LA - 10 miles
Paris, France - 6 miles
Ahwaz, Iran - 5 miles [ranked in top 10 smoggiest city worldwide]
Ludhaina, India - 1 mile [ranked in top 10 smoggiest city worldwide]
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