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Dangerous pollution, thick sandstorms shroud Beijing and provinces in China

Reading time 1 min     Christian Fernsby ▼ | March 22, 2023
Beijing and several provinces in China will be affected by thick, dense sandstorms that will severely affect visibility, Chinese weather authorities said on Wednesday.
Sandstorms in Beijing
China   Sandstorms in Beijing
The Central Meteorological Observatory issued yellow warning signals from Wednesday to early morning Thursday for Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces.

Many areas will have low visibility, weather forecasters said, cautioning drivers on speed. Sandstorms will gradually move south and then weaken, forecasters added.

Beijing on Wednesday recorded an air quality index of 500, pushing the pollution level to 6 considered very hazardous to human health, according to the Beijing Ecological Environment Monitoring Center.


 

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