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>BEIJING (Reuters) - Haze hovered over the Chinese capital onThursday, just a day before the opening ceremony of the OlympicGames that have been beset by worries about pollution.
Cloudy skies were forecast for the rest of the day in Beijing wherethe Environmental Protection Bureau said that levels of particulatematter were within the "fairly good" range on Wednesday.
Humid, still weather and temperatures hitting 34 degrees Celsius(93 Fahrenheit) have seen stubborn smog hanging over the city overthe past few days.
The capital has already pulled millions of cars off the roads andhalted factory production to ensure cleaner air.
Friday is expected to be cloudy too, with scattered rain, and amaximum temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).
"During the opening ceremony it will mainly be cloudy ... and therewill essentially be no impact upon it," the China MeteorologicalAdministration said on its website (www.cma.gov.cn).
It was raining in muggy Hong Kong, where equestrian events arescheduled to start on Saturday, as a tropical storm looms over theformer British territory.
Tropical storms often develop over the South China Sea in thesummer months, growing into full-fledged typhoons threateningChina, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
For athletes of endurance events, smog could pose a major problemand the International Olympic Committee has said it mightreschedule events if the pollution is too bad.
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