100,000 stuck in Chinese traffic jam

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More than 11,000 vehicles were trapped in a traffic jam in China after heavy fog closed down a ferry service across the Qiongzhou Strait. An estimated 100,000 people were forced to spend the night in cars and buses before ferries resumed service the following morning.

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