Sentences with phrase «heavy smog»
"Heavy smog" refers to a thick, polluted fog in the air that can be harmful to breathe. Full definition
That whole section about the «yellow» fog crawling around the houses was due to TS Eliot living at a time when London was still best by pea - soupers, thick heavy smogs of air pollution that hung low in the streets, from back in the day when most houses were heated with coal.
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For the fifth consecutive day, Beijing and Northern China are shrouded in heavy smog that has thrown air traffic, road traffic and civic life out of gear.
(Reuters)-- China's capital Beijing issued an emergency pollution alert for the first time on Thursday, warning residents to reduce outdoor activities and construction sites to control dust given a forecast of heavy smog over the next three days.
In October 2010, as heavy smog hung over Beijing, the U.S. embassy's Twitter feed said its rooftop pollution sensor had detected «crazy bad» levels of hazardous microparticles.
The city has been covered by heavy smog for weeks and the airport has been out of operation since the beginning of July.
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[Translate] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD nytimes Photo Heavy smog blanketed New Delhi on Wednesday.
This is because a person living in the heavy smog of L.A. will have adapted to that environment and metabolize a different set of biomarkers than a rural dweller.
But nationalism against the backdrop of massive overcapacity, a depreciated Chinese currency, and widespread frustrations about environmental degradations (for example, heavy smog in a number of cities)-- to mention just the more salient issues — has the potential to lead to backlash against Chinese leaders.
Heavy smog that paralyzed eastern China is visible from space in this satellite image from NASA.
China is notorious for its heavy smog.
It is also down to a raft of climate change measures that are curbing China's carbon emissions and the heavy smog, christened an «airpocalypse» by some, that has made daily life hazardous for residents of China's most polluted cities.
It is also down to a raft of climate change measures that are curbing China's carbon emissions and the heavy smog, christened an
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On days of heavy smog, the government will halve the number of vehicles allowed on roads by restricting licence plate numbers, limiting construction and manufacturing activities, closing schools for the day, and postponing large - scale outdoor activities, the official Xinhua news agency said.