Spirits high despite erratic weather at Nanjing YOG
NANJING - Rain poured heavily with half an hour to go till the start of the opening ceremony (8pm) of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
NANJING - Rain poured heavily with half an hour to go till the start of the opening ceremony (8pm) of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
There is, however, no dampening to the spirits of the tens of thousands of who are filling the 61,500-seater stadium at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, with the opening ceremony hosts keeping the crowd engaged.
The possibility of rain was expected before the highly anticipated opening ceremony, and organizers have resorted to weather modification to prevent rain from dampening the opening of the Games, according to local newsletter YOG daily. Satellite monitoring and cloud seeding have been deployed, but efforts were to no avail in preventing Mother Nature taking its course.
“There is the possibility the city could face frequent rainy days, electrical storms and occasional occurrences of haze and possibly typhoons,” said Zhang Zuqiang, deputy commander-in-chief of the Nanjing 2014 Meteorological Services Command Center.