![]() ![]() ![]() Residents were also advised to use goggles, hairnets and masks to protect themselves. This prompted the cancellation of flights, schools and other outdoor events. Beijing, for instance, was covered in yellow dust as the air quality index reached a "hazardous" level of 500 Monday morning. Photos Beijing turns yellow as sand, dust storms engulf. Satellite images that were taken a day before the massive storm didn't even show any signs of dust transport.Īlthough such events are said to be quite common in Asia during the meteorological springtime, Monday's sandstorm reportedly was the widest in the last 10 years, blanketing 12 provinces. Beijing launches campaign to stamp out air pollution violations after sandstorms engulf city. It was caused by strong northwest winds coming in from Mongolia, as a result of hot and. The sandstorm is not only the "largest and strongest" to affect the region in a decade, it also grew so fast, which is "uncommon," said Hiren Jethva, of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). The 2021 East Asia sandstorm was a meteorological phenomenon that began in the Eastern Gobi desert steppe on March 14, 1 and subsequently spread to the entire Mongolian Plateau South, the Loess Plateau, the North China Plain 2 and the Korean Peninsula. The image, which was captured by the satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), shows Beijing among the places affected by the sandstorm. A sandstorm swept across Beijing and several northern areas in China on Monday. Flights canceled during Chinas worst sandstorm in a decade. Pictured: Natural-color satellite image of the sand and dust plume covering northern China on March 15, 2021. Northwest China hit by sandstorm as Beijing is smothered in smog.
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