Strong winds have swept across the city of Beijing since Sunday, killing¹ three men and a woman, local media reported.

 

自周日开始，北京遭受强风袭击，造成3位男子1位女子死亡。
 

 

A blue alert for wind was issued by Beijing Meteorological Service on Sunday morning, and was later elevated to a yellow alert in parts of the city including the districts of Tongzhou, Shunyi, Yanqing, Huairou, and Changping, where the wind scale reached as high as 9.

 

According to weather.com.cn, a website of China Meteorological Administration, the maximum wind speed on Sunday reached 17.9m/s.

 

Videos on Weibo showed the wind damaged a building's wall and snapped trees.

 

Public transportation was affected², with as many as 51 flights canceled and two trains delayed.

 

Asian Cuisine³ Festival and Asian Civilization Parade, sideline events of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC), were suspended during Sunday afternoon.

 

Gales⁴ are expected to affect the city through Monday. According to Beijing Meteorological Service, the wind scale can reach 4 or 5 on Monday, part of the region 8 or 9. Citizens are advised to stay indoors until winds get weaker.

 

Municipal education authority has issued an order on Monday morning that high schools, primary schools, and preschools suspend all outdoor activities for students throughout the day out of safety concerns.

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