Land media captured horrific images of a yellow “wall of dust” tens of meters high, “swallowing” the town. (Screenshot of video)
Sandstorms are sweeping across China again, with the Communist Party’s Central Weather Bureau issuing a blue alert for sandstorms on the morning of the 26th, after they hit parts of Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and northern China on the 25th. Land media captured a horrific image of a sandstorm “engulfing” Linze County in Zhangye City, Gansu Province.
The Central Weather Station issued a blue alert for sand and dust storms at 6:00 on April 26, said that the impact of cold air gale, is expected to 8:00 that day to 8:00 on the 27th, southeastern Xinjiang and South Xinjiang basin, northwestern Qinghai, central and western parts of Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, north central Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and other places, there will be sand or floating dust weather.
Among them, the southern Xinjiang South Xinjiang basin and the north-central sub-region of Inner Mongolia have sand and dust storms.
Sand and dust storms hit parts of Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and North China on April 25. The photo released by CNN shows a sandstorm “engulfing” Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province.
The report said that in the late afternoon of the 25th, widespread sand and dust weather “swept” Gansu Hexi Corridor, a number of cities. At that time, the reporter on the way to cover, happened to pass by the dust storm occurred in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, far witnessed a dozens of meters high yellow “wall of sand and dust” from west to east quickly moving, will soon be the county and surrounding farmland “swallowed”.
Within a few minutes, the “wall of sand and dust” will be from the sky to the eyes, where it passes, the world is a dim yellow, the air is dusty eyes, visibility is only a few dozen meters, the road passing vehicles choose to pull over, sitting in the car to avoid danger can still feel “the car was blown around the wind shaking “.
On the same day, Gansu Jiuquan, Zhangye two cities have pulled the yellow warning of sand and dust storms. Gansu Province meteorological department issued a message that the next 12 hours, is expected to the next 12 hours, the west of the river in many places will be different degrees of windy weather, and accompanied by sand and dust, the Bureau of cloth areas with sand and dust storms, remind people to do a good job of defense in advance.
At about 17:00 on the 25th, the town of Badanjilin, Alashan Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, also appeared tens of meters high yellow “sand and dust wall”, “swallowed” the horrific picture of the town.
According to the Central Meteorological Station of the Communist Party of China, during the four days from 25 to 28, there was sand and floating dust in parts of the southern Xinjiang basin, central and western Gansu, central and western Inner Mongolia and northern China. Among them, on April 25, there were sand and dust storms in local areas in central and western Inner Mongolia and western Gansu.
The Chinese Communist Party weather bureau issued a blue warning of sand and dust storms on the morning of the 25th, affected areas including southeastern Xinjiang and South Xinjiang basin, northwestern Qinghai, parts of central and western Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, north-central Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, northwestern Shandong and other places will have sandy or dusty weather, including the southern Xinjiang South Xinjiang basin and north-central Inner Mongolia sub-regions have sand and dust storms.
Since March 15, China has been experiencing dusty weather throughout the country.
From March 15 to 16, at least 17 provinces and cities, including Beijing, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, were hit by sandy and dusty weather.
The Guardian and CNN used the term “Eerie orange” to describe the dust storm. The BBC and NBC directly used “Apocalyptic skies” and “It looks like the end of the world” as headlines. ” as headlines.
Neighboring Mongolia was hit by an even worse sandstorm, with at least 341 people missing, according to the Communist Party’s Xinhua News Agency on March 16. Flights to Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, were grounded for the day.
In addition to the sandstorm, the same type of “blue sun” was seen in Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hexi, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other places on the 15th.
On March 18, the round of dust storms southward to central China and the Yangtze River Delta in the north-central region, and the influence of southerly winds back to the phenomenon, again affecting the mainland’s northern provinces.
On March 24, the Central Weather Station continued to issue yellow warnings of sand and dust storms, the central and eastern parts of Inner Mongolia, northeast, Gansu, western Hebei, Beijing and other sand and dust weather.
March 27 to 28, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other places appear sand and dust weather, of which, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia and other places have dust storms and strong sand and dust storms.
March 29, southeastern Inner Mongolia, Tianjin, central and southern Hebei, southwestern Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, northern Suwan, southern Xinjiang basin and eastern Xinjiang, northern Gansu, Ningxia, central Shaanxi and other places with sand or floating dust weather, this time from the north south to the Huai River line.
On March 30, Shanghai was enveloped by sandy and dusty weather. At least 11 provinces and regions on the mainland that day is still sandy and dusty weather, including Xinjiang, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, Xinjiang also continued to be a sandstorm.
April 12, the Central Weather Bureau refers to, from 12 to 19 around, many provinces in the north will suffer three rounds of sand and dust weather, some provinces will be sand and dust storms, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other regions of air quality is also affected.
According to the land media, Beijing has experienced the strongest dust storm weather since nearly 10 years, the dust is like “open valve”, every now and then to Beijing “sneak” a circle, resulting in a decline in air quality, visibility affected. Some Chinese weather analysts say that April is still an active time for dusty weather.
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