Dec 08, 2015 08:31 PM

Beijing Issues First Ever Red Alert on Smog

Tourists at Tiananmen Square to watch the daily flag-raising ceremony at sun rise, amid thick smog on December 1

(Beijing ) - The municipal government in Beijing issued the first ever red alert over air pollution on December 7.

The alert, the highest possible warning level, is raised when the air quality index surges above the 200 mark and the Beijing Municipal Bureau for Environmental Protection forecasts the heavy pollution would last for last more than 72 hours.

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