The image you see behind the anchor Mi-sun Chung with me is the city of Beijing, China yesterday (15th). The worst yellow dust in 10 years has hit China and the air is so muddy that you can’t see the front. This yellow dust is now coming to Korea. It has already started to enter Korea from this dawn, and it is expected to have an effect until tomorrow.
Reporter Ahn Young-in reports.
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The sky turned yellow all over, and the skyscrapers disappeared into the yellow dust.
With only a few hundred meters ahead, highways were blocked and aircraft were canceled one after another.
This is the picture of Beijing, China, when the worst yellow dust hits this year and a yellow dust warning has been issued.
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As the yellow dust that hit China enters, the concentration of fine dust has risen significantly from Baengnyeongdo, the metropolitan area, and Gangwon areas.
The Meteorological Administration predicted that between this morning and the morning, the whole country would enter the sphere of influence of the yellow dust.
In particular, heavy yellow dust is expected in the western regions including the metropolitan area.
The Meteorological Agency reports that the dust concentration will be up to 10 times higher than the annual average.
However, the Ministry of Environment said that although dust with large particles (PM10) is greatly increased due to the effect of yellow dust, PM2.5, which is small particles, is not expected to exceed the standard, so emergency reduction measures will not be implemented, the Ministry of Environment said.
The Meteorological Administration said that the yellow dust will gradually weaken from tomorrow, but the atmosphere is stagnant and there is a possibility that it will continue to weaken in the future.