Rain, rain, go away... Olympic city wants to play

For a week, Beijingers were picking up their brollies before they stepped out of home as thunderstorms - the heaviest in years - lashed the city.

Initial indications early yesterday pointed to more of the same.

The Central Meteorological Observatory forecast, carried by China Daily among many publications, was for thunderstorms; and Yahoo! Weather said it would be a cloudy day.