A few weeks after an impressive first sandstorm, the air in the Chinese capital was orange again.
A month after a spectacular sandstorm, Beijing once again found itself plunged into an orange fog. In mid-March, the Chinese capital had indeed been hit by an impressive sandstorm, which aggravated the pollution of human origin. The combination of the two phenomena produces a cocktail that is dangerous for health and reduces visibility to a few hundred meters.
Even though sandstorms are frequent,
A month after a spectacular sandstorm, Beijing once again found itself plunged into an orange fog.
In mid-March, the Chinese capital had indeed been hit by an impressive sandstorm, which aggravated the pollution of human origin.
The combination of the two phenomena produces a cocktail that is dangerous for health and reduces visibility to a few hundred meters.
Even though sandstorms are frequent, in the spring in northern China, Beijingers have not seen such heavy skies in years.