Hail, rainstorms hit Beijing

 BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Heavy hail and rainstorms hit Beijing on Saturday afternoon, diffusing¹ lingering mugginess² in the city.

Rainstorms swept the city from northeast to south, and the city's weather forecasting department issued hail and wind warnings at 3:30 p.m., calling for heavy hail and rainstorms over the next three hours.

"Rainwater is even flowing indoors," said Ding Shuang, a resident of Chaoyang North Road in east Beijing's Chaoyang district.

Rainwater has also slowed road traffic, but the traffic management bureau said traffic has not been disrupted as there were not many vehicles on the road on the weekend.

Precipitation information was not yet available.?

1 diffusing   

（使光）模糊，漫射，漫散( diffuse的现在分词 )； （使）扩散； （使）弥漫； （使）传播

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• Compounding this confusion is a diffusing definition of journalist. 新闻和娱乐的掺和扩散了“记者”定义。
• Diffusing phenomena also so, after mix cannot spontaneous separating. 扩散现象也如此，混合之后不能自发的分开。

2 mugginess   

n.（天气）闷热而潮湿

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