Second sandstorm hits Beijing
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Beijing was hit by dust and sand again Monday, two days after it was plagued by the first severe sandstorm this spring on Saturday.
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Permeating yellow sands suffuse over the financial avenue on the western ring road in downtown Beijing, March 22, 2010. A sand-dust weather pervades Beijing once again, as the Central Meteorologic Station issued blue alert signal for sandstorm attack on 6 am. [Xinhua] |
![Permeating yellow sands suffuse over the financial avenue on the western ring road in downtown Beijing, March 22, 2010. A sand-dust weather pervades Beijing once again, as the Central Meteorologic Station issued blue alert signal for sandstorm attack on 6 am. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100322/00114320f5750d11443121.jpg "Permeating yellow sands suffuse over the financial avenue on the western ring road in downtown Beijing, March 22, 2010. A sand-dust weather pervades Beijing once again, as the Central Meteorologic Station issued blue alert signal for sandstorm attack on 6 am. [Xinhua]")
"The sandstorm from Mongolia arrived in Beijing Monday morning, and is expected to weaken by Monday evening," said Zhang Mingying, senior engineer with the Beijing Meteorological Station.
He said the sandstorm borne by strong winds had swept over north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Shanxi and Hebei provinces.
"Dust and sand left from Saturday's sandstorm was still affecting Beijing Monday," Zhang said.
"Although the sky was not as orange as Saturday, the smell of the dust was stronger on Monday," said Li Nan, a Beijing resident.
