Northern China Hit Again by SandstormMost of north China and part of the northeast, including Beijing, have been hit by a sandstorm for the eighth time this year, Chinese meteorologists said on Tuesday.Li Yanxiang, a senior engineer with China's Central Meteorological Observatory, said the sandy skies over Beijing will gradually clear throughout the day. She explained that a strong wind moving south that began to sweep across Beijing will help disperse the blowing sand in the region. Sand from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region turned the sky over Beijing and part of Hebei and Shanxi provinces grey on Tuesday, she said. Both central Inner Mongolia and northern Ningxia and part of neighboring Gansu and Shaanxi provinces were pelted by sandstorms on Monday. She said Shandong and Henan Provinces and part of northwest China will be affected by the drifting sand later Tuesday and Wednesday. A lack of vegetation in northern China, dry and sandy land, and strong winds were blamed for the bad weather condition. |
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