Sandstorms engulfing Inner Mongolia
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A NEW round of sandstorms is sweeping through north China鈥檚 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, reducing visibility and turning daytime into darkness.
The sandstorm started in the western part of the region on Tuesday evening and is moving eastward, according to the regional meteorological center.
It is only two days since a sandstorm engulfed most of the region, reducing average visibility to less than 1,000 meters.
In the city of Erenhot, sandstorms started yesterday morning, bringing down visibility to less than 500 meters.
鈥淔rom afar, the sand dust looks like a wall moving closer and closer,鈥 said Zhang Xianfeng, a resident in Erenhot. 鈥淭he scary sight keeps people from going out.鈥
At a meteorological station in Alashan League (Prefecture), visibility plummeted to 230 meters at 7pm on Tuesday, with staff saying the region was in complete darkness before sunset.
Yang Litao, an analyst with the regional meteorological center, said the recent sandstorms were the strongest and most widespread reported in Inner Mongolia this year.
Meteorologists have ascribed the sandstorms to scanty rain and snow last winter, combined with recent windy days.
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