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Asian Dust (also yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind, kosa or China dust storms) is a meteorological phenomenon that affects much of East Asia year-round and especially during the spring months. The dust originates in the deserts of China , Mongolia , and Kazakhstan , where high-speed surface winds and intense dust storms kick up dense clouds ...
The 2010 China drought and dust storms were a series of severe droughts during the spring of 2010 that affected Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Hebei and Gansu in the People's Republic of China as well as parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam and Thailand, and dust storms in March and April that ...
The sandstorm was the biggest to hit China in a decade, causing pollution levels in some districts to rise to 160 times the recommended limit. [6] [4] It affected 12 provinces in China, including the Chinese capital Beijing which the storm hit on March 15. [4] Visibility in Beijing was lowered to less than 1,000 feet (300 m). [17]
The third dust storm in about five weeks shrouded China's capital city in a yellow haze and caused air quality to deteriorate once again. Strong winds whipped sand and dust from the Gobi Desert ...
A massive dust storm blew into Jiuquan in China’s Gansu province on July 25, engulfing tourists visiting the ancient Silk Road city.The province’s weather bureau issued a sandstorm warning for ...
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threatening health and ...
2010 China drought and dust storms for drought in the preceding year 2010 China floods floods before this drought This drought was still ongoing by June 18, 2011, in some northern provinces while in others, the drought had been replaced with the 2011 China floods [ 9 ]
In northern China as well as the mid-western U.S., ancient dust storm deposits known as loess are highly fertile soils, but they are also a significant source of contemporary dust storms when soil-securing vegetation is disturbed. [This paragraph needs citation(s)] Iranian cities existence are challenged by dust storms. [25]