Dramatic satellite images reveal thick palls of dust choking Beijing and blowing across 2,000 miles of Asia
By Tom Yulsman | March 30, 2018 1:47 pm
About a week ago, dust sweeping north from the Sahara blanketed parts of Eastern Europe, turning snow-covered ski slopes a strange shade of orange.
Now, another far-ranging pall of dust — exacerbated by nasty air pollution — is in the news, this time in northeast Asia.
Starting on March 26th, China’s northern regions were hit with their fourth round of sandstorms this year, according to the Xinhua news agency. By the 28th, Beijing was choking on heavy dust mixed with air pollutants that pushed air quality readings to hazardous levels.
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