10万余游客因浓雾滞留海南 Heavy fog strands over 100,000 tourists in Hainan

A heavy fog(浓雾) has disrupted ferry(轮渡) services on the Qiongzhou Strait in south China, stranding(使滞留) over 100,000 passengers and more than 10,000 cars in Hainan island, local authorities said Wednesday, the last day of Spring Festival holiday.

According to the local maritime department(海事部门), the fog lasted(持续) for seven days, with the visibility(能见度) being less than 200 meters in worst time, triggering five suspension notices.

Nearly 10,000 vehicles(机动车) and about 44,000 passengers(乘客) have been shipped to Guangdong Province across the strait on Wednesday. But more than 10,000 cars were still waiting in or outside the three ports of Haikou city, capital of Hainan Province as of 5 p.m..

Traffic police have gone all out to maintain(维持) traffic order(交通秩序). Over 2,000 volunteers(志愿者) were offering help(提供帮助) on site. Thirty restaurants handed out free meals(免费餐) to stranded passengers.

Hainan, known for its tropical climate and clean air, is a popular(受欢迎的) destination for Chinese tourists in winter holidays. According to the city's traffic authority, 90,000 vehicles and over 400,000 tourists were estimated to leave the island during this year's Spring Festival holiday. Hainan and Guangdong have arranged(安排) 53 roll-on roll-off ships with a total of 2,500 parking spots onboard and nearly 48,000 passenger seats to cope with the traffic.

词汇 Words:

[wù] 雾 fog
[jī dòng chē] 机动车 vehicle
[chéng kè] 乘客 passenger
[zhì xù] 秩序 order
[zhì yuàn zhě] 志愿者 volunteer
[zhì liú] 滞留 strand
[chí xù] 持续 last
[wéi chí] 维持 maintain
[ān pái] 安排 arrange

重点词汇 Key word:

因

    <名词 n.> cause; reason
    E.g. Shì chū yǒu yīn。
    事出有因。
    There's good reason for it.

    <介词 prep.> on account of; because of; as a result of
    E.g. Bǐsài yīn yǔ ér yánqī。
    比赛因雨而延期。
    The game was put off on account of rain.

    <连词 conjunction> because; for
    E.g. Yīn tiānqì èliè,suǒyǒu de fēijī dōu tíngfēi le。
    因天气恶劣,所有的飞机都停飞了。
    All aircraft are grounded due to bad weather.