Beijing and large swaths of northern China woke to choking sand and dust on Monday, as a winter sandstorm sent air pollution levels off the charts.
A thick cloud of dusk blanketed the Chinese capital, where the air quality index of PM10 – particles of pollution that are less than 10 micrometers in diameter and can enter through the nose and travel to the lungs – hit 999, meaning it exceeded the top of the scale, far beyond the point deemed hazardous to health. Concentrations of PM10 particles exceeded 561 micrograms per cubic meter by 8 a.m., according to Beijing’s environmental monitoring center.
The sand and dust from Mongolia have moved east and south over China’s northern regions, carried by the cold high pressure at the back of the cyclones. Sandstorms also hit northern Hebei and Shanxi provinces, western Gansu, and central and western Inner Mongolia on Monday, state-run news agency Xinhua said. Other parts of the country, including northern Xinjiang, are seeing high levels of wind gusts. The sandstorms are expected to last through Tuesday.
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