Beijing hit by sandstorm again as pollution goes off the charts

Cars are driven along an expressway amid a sandstorm during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. Beijing was hit by another sandstorm on Sunday (March 23, 2021). - AP

BEIJING, March 28 (Bloomberg): Beijing residents woke up to yellow sky on Sunday morning as northern China was hit by the second sandstorm in less than two weeks.

Air pollution readings surged to the upper limit of 500 at 8 a.m., according to data from the city’s environmental monitory center, as visibility was reduced to less than 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) in parts of the city.