Beijing tells the city’s residents to stay at home while the strong winds hit China

The 22 million Beijing residents were asked to stay in their homes on Saturday, as it swept the strong winds in northern China. The winds overthrew trees, travel and sports, and caused dust storms throughout the region.

The wind, which reached 101 miles per hour on Saturday afternoon local time, stems from a Antarctic vortex In Mongolia and sent temperatures decreased, according to Chinese government news media.

Wind and rain began hitting the area on Friday. By noon on Saturday, more than 800 trees were removed and nearly 7,000 people were evacuated in Beijing, government media reported.

The state’s central television said it was overnight until Saturday morning, dust storms have passed throughout the north, including in Beijing.

Yang Bobo, a student who studies financing in Beijing, said that a storm on Friday night was “crying like ghosts and a howl like wolves.” She said that the wind had a glass door in its school, and sent it to the ground.

Ms. Yang said through the text messages on Saturday: “I have not gone out last night since I appreciated my life.”

The winds shook the windows in Beijing, the columns of the facilities and damaged windows in the Chinese province of Hanan, in central China, according to the joint videos on Weibo, a platform for Chinese social media.

The city authorities in Beijing advised the residents to avoid the primary travel, and to postpone the football matches that have been set at the weekend. The city’s transport officials suspended the train and bus services on Friday and Saturday, and thousands of flights were canceled throughout the country on Saturday.

Tourist attractions, including the forbidden city, the summer palace, and a famous section of the Great Wall, have been closed. A marathon was scheduled for Sunday in Beijing delayed Until next week.

After a series of 80 degrees in the city, the temperatures are expected to reach only 57 Fahrenheit on Saturday. The strong winds were also predicted for the nearby Shans and Baby provinces, and the internal Mongolia of China, government news media reported.

The meteorologists in South Korea and Japan also issued strong wind warnings on Saturday along the western coasts of the countries. Wu Jin Geo, an official in the Korean Meteorological Department, said that the wind there were linked to the same weather system that affected China.