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People practice Tai Chi during heavy fog in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province, November 25, 2009. [CFP]
Trucks are stranded due to heavy fog in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, November 25, 2009.[CFP]
CHENGDU: Transport ground to a halt as heavy fog enveloped parts ofChina Wednesday forcing airports and expressways to close to traffic.
In the southwest China's Sichuan Province, the cities affected includedChengdu, the provincial capital, Dazhou, Leshan and Meishan, accordingto local meteorologists.
In Chengdu, Shuangliu International Airport closed at around 6:50 a.m.,as visibility fell below 50 meters. It resumed normal operations ataround 11 a.m. when the fog dispersed.
During the closure, 105 flights to and from Shuangliu were delayed andmore than 10,000 passengers were stranded. Some of the incoming flightswere forced to land at airports in nearby Chongqing and Kunming cities.
At least four expressways, including the routes between Chengdu andDujiangyan and between Dazhou and Chongqing, were closed in the morning.
Beijing, the nation's capital, was also blanketed in fog early Wednesday.
Prior to 9 a.m., visibility at the Capital International Airport inBeijing was around 50 meters, rising to 500 meters after 10 a.m.. Manyflights were delayed, said a north China aviation control departmentspokesman, but without revealing the exact number.
Tianjin sections of Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu and Beijing-Shanghai expressways were closed in the morning because of the fog.
Heavy fog blankets Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, November 25, 2009. [Xinhua] | 
