Home Disasters: Sand Storm Economic Daily (2001-04-09)

Sandstorm brought disaster to Jilin Province

( Abstract )

Yellow sky covered Songnen Plain. The powerful gale and dust floating came there. Sandstorm hit firstly Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northern China and then Jilin Province.

On April 7th, the dust floating sharpened in Jilin. On April 8th, the visibility in Changchun City dropped from the original 12 or 15 kilometers into 7 kilometers. The sandstorm is sourced from Gansu's Hexi Corridor, the sand sources in the west of Inner Mongolia and in the Horqin Sand Source of Jilin Province...



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