Spring grit strikes capital again
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March 23, 2010, Tuesday
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BEIJING was dusty again yesterday, after the capital was plagued by its first severe sandstorm this spring on Saturday.
Zhang Mingying, senior engineer with the Beijing Meteorological Station, said the sandstorms were strengthened by strong winds sweeping over north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
"The sky was not as orange as Saturday, but the smell of the dust was stronger yesterday," said Li Nan, a Beijing resident.
The Beijing Environment Monitoring Center ranked yesterday's air quality as "level four," compared to level five - the lowest - on Saturday.
The United States Embassy in Beijing warned that particulate matter in the air made conditions "hazardous," though high winds dispersed some of the pollution.
Duan Li, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Meteorological Station, said conditions in the city seemed more severe because the sandstorm on Saturday deposited grit on rooftops, sidewalks and trees. The wind yesterday carried in even more sand and stirred up what was already there.
She said Beijing was unlikely to see more sandstorms this week, but the city's air quality would not be significantly improved in the next two days because of the two successive storms.
Zhang Mingying, senior engineer with the Beijing Meteorological Station, said the sandstorms were strengthened by strong winds sweeping over north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
"The sky was not as orange as Saturday, but the smell of the dust was stronger yesterday," said Li Nan, a Beijing resident.
The Beijing Environment Monitoring Center ranked yesterday's air quality as "level four," compared to level five - the lowest - on Saturday.
The United States Embassy in Beijing warned that particulate matter in the air made conditions "hazardous," though high winds dispersed some of the pollution.
Duan Li, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Meteorological Station, said conditions in the city seemed more severe because the sandstorm on Saturday deposited grit on rooftops, sidewalks and trees. The wind yesterday carried in even more sand and stirred up what was already there.
She said Beijing was unlikely to see more sandstorms this week, but the city's air quality would not be significantly improved in the next two days because of the two successive storms.
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