Sandstorm

Sandstorm

Dunhuang, a tourist draw with a colourful history as a Silk Road outpost, momentarily disappeared in the dust clouds. Photo: BSS/AFP

Sandstorm engulfs desert city in China

A resident surnamed Zhang told local media Jimu News that the sandstorm came abruptly and swept through the city in five or six minutes

A general view of the city shrouded in smog after a sandstorm, in central Beijing, China March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Beijing enveloped in hazardous sandstorm, second time in two weeks