PM2.5 levels in Shenyang reached as high as 1,400; the Environmental Protection Bureau’s official website went down

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Starting from the 7th, all 11 cities in Liaoning Province except Dandong, Chaoyang, and Huludao experienced pollution levels above the severe category. Among them, the six cities of Yingkou, Anshan, Shenyang, Panjin, Tieling, and Liaoyang experienced severe pollution (AQI exceeding 300), with PM2.5 being the primary pollutant. On the 8th, Shenyang was hit by severe fog pollution of level 6; the average PM2.5 level across the city reached 1155 micrograms per cubic meter at one point, with local fog pollution indices exceeding 1400 micrograms per cubic meter at certain locations. The reporter learned from the Shenyang Environmental Protection Bureau that at 10:30 a.m. on the 8th, the Shenyang Emergency Command for Severe Air Pollution activated a level-2 (orange) emergency response to such pollution. At 3:30 p.m., as the fog and pollution worsened, the emergency response was upgraded to level 1. What’s happening to this world? The environment is deteriorating so severely; the feeling I had as a child is no longer there. . .