An intense cold front from western Siberia will bring strong
winds and abrupt temperature declines to most of central and
eastern China over the next three days, according to the National
Meteorological Observatory.
Temperatures in northwest China, north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, east China, northeast China and areas between
the Yellow and Yangtze rivers should drop sharply, falling by six
to 10 degrees Celsius in most areas and up to 10 to 14 degrees
Celsius in some areas, the observatory said in a notice.
Heavy fog blanketed north China, areas of Hubei, Hunan and
Guizhou provinces, Chongqing Municipality and the Sichuan basin, as
well as areas between the Huaihe and Yangtze rivers on Sunday
morning, the notice said.
Visibility in some spots was limited to 200 meters, it said.
It also forecast that typhoon Mitag, which has killed six people
in the Philippines, will move northwestward at a speed of five to
10 kilometers per hour at sustained strength.
A second storm, Hagibis, which means "rapidity" in Tagalog, will
move eastward at five to 10 km per hour at sustained strength, it
said.
Hagibis blew into the South China Sea on Nov. 21, intensified
into a typhoon a day later and weakened into a strong tropical
storm early Saturday.
Hagibis forced 29 Filipino fishermen to take shelter in southern
China's Nansha Islands to escape stormy seas and left more than 20
Filipinos missing.
(Xinhua News Agency November 25, 2007)
