{"id":202604,"date":"2021-03-15T17:55:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/flights-canceled-during-chinas-worst-sandstorm-in-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:55:45","slug":"flights-canceled-during-chinas-worst-sandstorm-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flights-canceled-during-chinas-worst-sandstorm-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"#Flights canceled during China’s worst sandstorm in a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Flights canceled during China’s worst sandstorm in a decade<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BEIJING \u2014 China\u2019s capital and a wide swath of the country\u2019s north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, forcing the cancelation of hundreds of flights.<\/p>\n

Skyscrapers in the center of Beijing app<\/a>eared to drop from sight amid the dust and sand. Traffic was snarled and more than 400 flights out of the capital\u2019s two main airports were canceled amid high winds and low visibility.<\/p>\n

The National Meteorological Center said Monday\u2019s storm had developed in the Gobi Desert in the Inner Mongolia Region, where schools had been advised to close and bus service added to reduce residents\u2019 exposure to the harsh conditions.<\/p>\n

Such storms used to occur regularly in the springtime as sand from western deserts blew eastwards, affecting areas as far as northern Japan.<\/p>\n

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A cyclist and motorists move past office buildings amid a sandstorm during the morning rush hour in the central business district in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. <\/figcaption>
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Massive planting of trees and bushes in fragile areas has reduced the effects on other parts of the country in recent years, but the expansion of cities and industries, along with strip<\/a> mining and overgrazing, has put constant pressure on the environment throughout China. With its mix of desert and grassy steppe, Inner Mongolia is particularly prone to extreme weather resulting from resource exploitation.<\/p>\n

Like COVID-19, which is believed to have spread from bats and other wild animals, sandstorms are a reminder of the need to respect nature, said Zhou Jinfeng, secretary general<\/a> of the conservation group China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Traffic was snarled and more than 400 flights out of the capital\u2019s two main airports were canceled amid high winds and low visibility.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTogether with the pandemic, that\u2019s another big lesson we should take and we should change our behavior,\u201d Zhou said.<\/p>\n

The National Meteorological Center forecasted the sand and dust would affect 12 provinces and regions from Xinjiang in the far northwest to Heilongjiang in the northeast and the eastern coastal port city of Tianjin.<\/p>\n

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The National Meteorological Center said Monday\u2019s storm had developed in the Gobi Desert in the Inner Mongolia Region, where schools had been advised to close and bus service added to reduce residents\u2019 exposure to the harsh conditions.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cThis is the most intense sandstorm weather our country has seen in 10 years, as well as it covering the broadest area,\u201d the center said in a post on its website.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t clear if the storm was related to a recent general decline in air quality despite efforts to end Beijing\u2019s choking smog.<\/p>\n

The ruling Communist Party has pledged to reduce carbon emissions per unit of economic output by 18 percent over the next five years. Environmentalists say China needs to do more to reduce dependency on coal that has made it the world\u2019s biggest emitter of climate changing gasses.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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