China Forecaster Says Dust Clouds Northern Provinces Amid Chill
Sandstorms are affecting provinces across northern China including Inner Mongolia and Hebei, the official forecaster said, warning airports, highway users and ports to take safety measures as visibility drops.
As many as nine provinces have been hit as winds moving eastward from Xinjiang to Beijing and Tianjin whip up dust, the National Meteorological Center said on its website today. Temperatures may fall by as much as 14 degrees Centigrade, and heavy snow is forecast in Heilongjiang and Jilin, it said.
Sandy and dusty weather is a frequent event during spring in China, especially in March and April, with four occurrences this year, the forecaster said. Citizens in the affected areas should avoid going outside, or wear masks if they do, it said.
The cold front will spread to regions north of the lower- Yangtze River basin, the forecaster said. The chill followed a surge in heat yesterday, when temperatures in some provincial capitals had reached the highest on record for the first 10 days of March, it said.
At Beijing Capital Airport, some flights were delayed, while a section of the roof over Terminal Three was partially lifted off by a gust of wind, the airport said on its official Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social-media service.
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: William Bi in Beijing at wbi@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Shiyin Chen at schen37@bloomberg.net
As many as nine provinces have been hit as winds moving eastward from Xinjiang to Beijing and Tianjin whip up dust, the National Meteorological Center said on its website today. Temperatures may fall by as much as 14 degrees Centigrade, and heavy snow is forecast in Heilongjiang and Jilin, it said.
Sandy and dusty weather is a frequent event during spring in China, especially in March and April, with four occurrences this year, the forecaster said. Citizens in the affected areas should avoid going outside, or wear masks if they do, it said.
The cold front will spread to regions north of the lower- Yangtze River basin, the forecaster said. The chill followed a surge in heat yesterday, when temperatures in some provincial capitals had reached the highest on record for the first 10 days of March, it said.
At Beijing Capital Airport, some flights were delayed, while a section of the roof over Terminal Three was partially lifted off by a gust of wind, the airport said on its official Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social-media service.
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: William Bi in Beijing at wbi@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Shiyin Chen at schen37@bloomberg.net
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