Yellow haze blind Beijing as it faces worst standstorm in a decade msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A road worker uses his smartphone in Beijing, China, as the city is shrouded in haze after a sandstorm, March 15. - Reuters
BEIJING: Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China’s capital from the Gobi desert.
City residents used goggles, masks and hairnets to protect themselves from the choking dust and sand, with landmarks including the Forbidden City partly obscured behind an apocalyptic-looking haze.
The city government ordered schools to cancel outside sport and events and advised the public to stay inside where possible, as hundreds of flights were cancelled.
Powerful Sandstorm coming from Mongolia Wraps Beijing in Apocalyptic-Looking Yellow Smog - Novinite com novinite.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from novinite.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
China Sandstorm 2021: NASA Satellite Image Shows Massive Dust Plume Over Beijing
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A satellite image shows the dust and sand plume over China s northern provinces
Beijing was one of the places affected by the sandstorm
A NASA satellite captured the image of a massive sandstorm that covered northern China on Monday. It is said to be the worst sandstorm to affect the region in a decade.
China s National Meteorological Center issued a warning Monday about the sandstorm, which spread across several northern regions, South China Morning Post (SCMP)
NASA s Aqua satellite captured a natural-color image of the sandstorm. In it, one can see the massive plume of sand and dust traveling thousands of kilometers from the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China toward northern China, NASA Earth Observatory
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