On the afternoon of the 30th, thunderstorms and strong winds occurred in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, with small hail in some areas. Today, Tianjin is mainly sunny, with continuous winds in the morning and gradually weakening in the afternoon. The weekend will be mainly sunny to cloudy with light winds.
Residents in Beijing unexpectedly weather the four seasons within a single day on Thursday when the scorching early summer morning suddenly changed into a gusty hailstorm afternoon in the Chinese capital city.
The intense summer sun was baking the ground of Beijing on Thursday morning, when three alerts for extreme weather conditions including hail, wind and lightening were suddenly issued by the Beijing Meteorological Service soon after noon.
According to the Beijing Meteorological Service, the gale gusted through the majority part of the capital city, with the strongest wind sweeping through the Qianling Mountain in Fengtai district at a speed of 37.2 meters per second.
The gust was so powerful that a slew of trees and wire poles were blown down.
Due to the impact of the strong wind and the hailstorm, the local traffic police department dealt with 185 cases of slumped trees that affected the local traffic as of Thursday evening.
The administrative office of the Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park issued a notice on Thursday evening that a slew of trees in the park fell down and blocked several major roads in the park so that the park had to close for cleaning on the following day and will be open again on Saturday.
