Pedestrian walks in dense fog in Urumqi city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday February 2, 2009. More than 3,600 people were stranded at an local airport after thick fog affected 76 domestic flights. [yaxin.com]
(Xinhua News Agency February 4, 2009)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Pedestrian walks in dense fog in Urumqi city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday February 2, 2009. More than 3,600 people were stranded at an local airport after thick fog affected 76 domestic flights. [yaxin.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090204/000cf1a48b7f0af34edd55.jpg "Pedestrian walks in dense fog in Urumqi city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday February 2, 2009. More than 3,600 people were stranded at an local airport after thick fog affected 76 domestic flights. [yaxin.com]")
