Beijing, Aug. 12 (Reuters): Thunderstorms lashed Beijing on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights at one of the world's largest airports, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck this week. Air China Ltd said on its Weibo social media account that about 137 of its flights in and out of the capital had been cancelled by 11am (0300 GMT). Torrential rainstorms are fairly frequent in Beijing in the summer months, often causing long delays at the airport. One user of China's Twitter-like Weibo said she had been stuck at the airport for eight hours waiting for a flight home. Other airports affected by the downpours included Shanghai, Nanjing in Jiangsu province, Hangzhou in Zhejiang along the Yangtze River delta.

Source: The Telegraph August 12, 2017 09:11 UTC