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Beijing faces rare May sandstorm with high wind gusts

CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: May 06, 2021 11:28 PM High wind hits Beijing, capital city of China on May 6, 2021. Photo: CFP Beijing is braving a sandstorm that caused high air pollution levels on Thursday afternoon with level nine wind gusts in some areas, a rare phenomenon for this time of the year. According to the Beijing Municipal Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center, the air quality index (AQI) in Beijing hit 500 on Thursday afternoon, the highest possible reading on the scale. The PM 10 concentration at a monitoring station in Tongzhou district, in the east of Beijing, rose to 926 micrograms per cubic meters.

Dust blown back to Beijing, causing lingering pollution

Dust blown back to Beijing, causing lingering pollution Xinhua | Updated: 2021-03-17 16:31 Share CLOSE BEIJING Dust carried to Beijing Monday by a sandstorm from the north was blown back to the Chinese capital by a southwest wind on Wednesday, bringing dusty weather to the Chinese capital for the second time in three days. The Beijing Municipal Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center on Wednesday reported that the dusty weather caused moderate air pollution with the primary pollutant being hazardous airborne PM10 particles, which will continue until Thursday. According to the center s weather report, the main body of the sandstorm moved out of Beijing on Tuesday morning. But by Tuesday afternoon, the wind change brought the dust back.

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