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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg/260px-Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg/390px-Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg/520px-Northeastern_University_at_Qinhuangdao_with_dust_weather.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="864" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Northeastern University Qinhuangdao Branch during the sandstorm.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">March 14, 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Dissipated</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">March 27, 2021</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">10 dead</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> <br />(<a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangsu">Gangsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a>)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> <br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2021 East Asia sandstorm</b> was a meteorological phenomenon that began in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Gobi_desert_steppe" title="Eastern Gobi desert steppe">Eastern Gobi desert steppe</a> on March 14,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently spread to the entire <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Plateau" title="Mongolian Plateau">Mongolian Plateau</a> South, the <a href="/wiki/Loess_Plateau" title="Loess Plateau">Loess Plateau</a>, the <a href="/wiki/North_China_Plain" title="North China Plain">North China Plain</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>. It was caused by strong northwest winds coming in from <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>, as a result of hot and dry conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beijing and cities in the <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Plateau" title="Mongolian Plateau">Mongolian Plateau</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regularly experience <a href="/wiki/Asian_Dust" title="Asian Dust">sandstorms</a> in March and April, partially due to their proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Gobi_Desert" title="Gobi Desert">Gobi Desert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The issue has been compounded since the 1950s due to widespread <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soil_erosion" title="Soil erosion">soil erosion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, forests on the border with <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> were cut down, which previously provided protection against sand from the Gobi Desert.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, China started the <a href="/wiki/Three-North_Shelter_Forest_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-North Shelter Forest Program">Three-North Shelter Forest Program</a> to counteract the effects, in particular by planting new trees on 35 million hectares of land to trap incoming dust.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Air corridors were also created to allow sand to pass more quickly. The country's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ecology_and_Environment" title="Ministry of Ecology and Environment">Ministry of Ecology and Environment</a> said these measures were reducing the impact and duration of sandstorms.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average number of sandy days in Beijing has fallen from 26 in the 1950s to 3 in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately prior to the sandstorm, Beijing had been experiencing high levels of pollution, with the city covered in <a href="/wiki/Smog" title="Smog">smog</a>, as a result of heavy industry work to recover from the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_mainland_China" title="COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China">pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mongolian_Plateau">Mongolian Plateau</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mongolian Plateau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> the sandstorm caused 10 deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-TenEleven_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TenEleven-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In three cities in the Chinese region of <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a> schools were cancelled and the public transport system was temporarily halted.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flights out of <a href="/wiki/Hohhot" title="Hohhot">Hohhot</a>, Inner Mongolia's capital, were grounded.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sandstorm was the strongest experienced in <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a> in 19 years.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outdoor activities in schools had been cancelled, although schools were left open.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sandstorm ended in the east, before appearing again in <a href="/wiki/Wuhai" title="Wuhai">Wuhai</a> on March 19.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 20, a blue alert for sandstorms was issued in central <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, Ningxia and the North China Plain, but spread further west to <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rest_of_China">Rest of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rest of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg/220px-Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg/330px-Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg/440px-Beijing_-_Sandstorm_March_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Beijing during the sandstorm</figcaption></figure> <p>The sandstorm was the biggest to hit China in a decade, causing pollution levels in some districts to rise to 160 times the recommended limit.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It affected 12 <a href="/wiki/Provinces_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces in China">provinces in China</a>, including the Chinese capital <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> which the storm hit on March 15.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Visibility in Beijing was lowered to less than 1,000 feet (300 m).<sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 400 flights at the city's main airports – <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Capital_International_Airport" title="Beijing Capital International Airport">Capital Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Daxing_International_Airport" title="Beijing Daxing International Airport">Daxing Airport</a> – were cancelled, a fifth of all flights and more than the typical number for <a href="/wiki/Asian_Dust" title="Asian Dust">Asian Dust</a> sandstorms.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visibility at the Beijing Daxing airport had dropped to 400–800 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PM2.5" class="mw-redirect" title="PM2.5">PM2.5</a> levels in Beijing reached a maximum 680 micrograms per cubic meter, the highest levels seen since May 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-:8_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the PM10 <a href="/wiki/Air_quality_index" title="Air quality index">air quality index</a> peaked at a maximum reading of 999. Guidelines from the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> suggest that PM2.5 levels above 25 μg/m^3 are unsafe.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PM10" class="mw-redirect" title="PM10">PM10</a> levels reached over 8,100 micrograms per cubic metre in six central districts.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools have been told to cancel outdoor events, and people with <a href="/wiki/Respiratory_disease" title="Respiratory disease">respiratory diseases</a>, as well as children and older residents, were advised to stay indoors.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of <a href="/wiki/Tangshan" title="Tangshan">Tangshan</a> – a major source of industrial pollution – stated it would sanction companies for not carrying out emergency anti-smog measures.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>China's environment ministry stated the storm would dissipate by 18 March.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, the sandstorm reached western <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Korea_Meteorological_Administration" title="Korea Meteorological Administration">Korea Meteorological Administration</a> forecasted "very bad" PM10 levels – over 151 micrograms per cubic meter – in the <a href="/wiki/Seoul_Capital_Area" title="Seoul Capital Area">Seoul Capital Area</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>, as well as the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Chungcheong_Province" title="Chungcheong Province">Chungcheong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeolla_Province" title="Jeolla Province">Jeolla</a>. The agency also predicted "bad" levels in the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Gangwon_Province,_South_Korea" title="Gangwon Province, South Korea">Gangwon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gyeongsang_Province" title="Gyeongsang Province">Gyeongsang</a>, though the actual levels ended up being "very bad".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alert">Alert</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_East_Asia_sandstorm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Alert"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/China_Meteorological_Administration" title="China Meteorological Administration">China Meteorological Administration</a> issued a yellow alert for sandstorms, and the meteorological department for <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ningxia" title="Ningxia">Ningxia</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Jiuquan" title="Jiuquan">Jiuquan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yulin,_Shaanxi" title="Yulin, Shaanxi">Yulin, Shaanxi</a>, issued orange alerts, the second highest level.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jiuquan_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jiuquan-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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