BOCOG set whatever the weather

The organizers of next year's Olympics have drawn up contingency plans to deal with possible bad weather during the event, an official said this week.

Yang Shu'an, executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), said at a press conference on Wednesday: "We have already developed a scheme to cope with various weather conditions during the Games."

At least six additional observation points have been set up around the Olympic Green, where a cluster of venues are located, and other Olympic-related sites for weather surveillance, Yang said.