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Beijing skies turn yellow under cloud of sand, dust




The skies above Beijing turned yellow and air pollution soared to severe levels as a giant cloud of sand and dust particles rolled into the city, propelled by strong winds from the north of China.Beijing’s air quality index rose to 324 as of 4pm local time on Thursday, mainly due to larger particles of sand and dust, municipal authorities said.It worsened in the evening, exceeding 1,300 in some parts of the city, according to the Swiss IQAir app.The particles originated from Mongolia and the…



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