A severe sandstorm has engulfed the Chinese capital Beijing and other regions in northern China. The air pollution index rose well above the scale limit to 1300 on Monday evening, while values of 150 are already considered “unhealthy”. Visibility dropped to several tens of meters.
The sandstorm came from southern Mongolia and affected other northern regions such as Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang in addition to the 23 million metropolitan area, the ministry reported. In total, about 409 million people were affected and an area of 2.29 million square kilometers. The weather center reported that northern China has seen more sandstorms this year than the average for the past decade.
With extremely high concentrations of PM10, the air index in Beijing was still around 900 on Tuesday morning, while a dust bubble hung over the capital. It was only during the course of the day that it slowly cleared up again with stronger winds.
Source: Krone
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