Sandstorm Hits Northwest China Cities

A massive sandstorm swept through parts of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Wednesday, disrupting road traffic and causing severe air pollution. In Xinjiang’s Tarim Reclamation, high winds whipped up the sandstorm, leaving the sky murky yellow and reducing visibility to less than 50 meters. “The sandstorm in the morning was so strong that my eyes were filled with sand. I couldn’t even see the car on the road clearly,“ said Wang Baohua, one of the l