Major alerts issued as yellow dust engulfs South Korea

The yellow dust is expected to continue to cover the country as it moves southeastward with the northwesterly winds. - PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): Yellow and fine dust blanketed South Korea on March 29 with a thick haze of pollution categorized as “very bad” in the central region of the country, prompting the state weather agency to issue advisories.

Yellow dust advisories for the greater Seoul area, Gangwon and South Chungcheong provinces were raised to “caution,” the second-lowest level in the government’s four-stage crisis alert as of 8am on March 29, according to the Ministry of Environment.