Sandstorm swept through Beijing, and the visibility of yellow sand in the sky was less than. Will it affect people's travel?

At 8: 30 am on March 15, Beijing issued a yellow warning for sandstorms. The whole city of Beijing is covered by yellow sand, and the visibility on the road is less than one kilometer, which has seriously affected people's travel in Beijing. Due to poor visibility, the traffic on the road is very slow, which is except for the traffic jam during rush hour. In order to protect their eyes from the erosion of yellow sand, most pedestrians wrap themselves up in case of emergency.

According to the data released by Beijing Meteorological Bureau, the sandstorm was caused by Mongolian cyclone and strong wind caused by cold air. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/4, a large-scale sandstorm occurred in the central and western Inner Mongolia and northwestern Hebei. The concentration of PM 10 in Beijing increased obviously from the morning of 15, when the sandstorm was brought to Beijing by the strong wind. It is expected that the sandstorm will weaken in the evening and gradually subside after nightfall.

At the same time, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau issued precautionary suggestions to the public. Old people, children and people with respiratory allergic diseases should stay indoors as much as possible in this environment. If it is not necessary, citizens should wear masks and other dust-proof products when going out, and wash their faces and noses first after returning from going out. At the same time, they should be careful when passing through high-rise buildings to prevent people from falling from high altitude caused by strong winds.

Every year in mid-March, sandstorms in Beijing are in a state of high incidence, and yellow sand has become a normal state in the eyes of Beijing residents. In recent years, China has gradually planted trees around Beijing and northwest China. With the development of control, certain results have been achieved, but the occurrence of sandstorms in Beijing has not been fundamentally solved. It is believed that with the deepening of governance, sandstorm weather will gradually withdraw from the daily life of Beijing citizens.