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Added on the 15/03/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Beijing, Mar 28 (EFE/EPA).- Beijing residents woke up on Sunday to brown skies again after a second sandstorm from the north hit the capital in less than two weeks.Just 13 days after the worst sandstorm in a decade in the Chinese capital, which left several dead and missing in Mongolia, the city's air quality index meters once again exceeded the maximum limits early Sunday. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF BEIJING, CHINA, BLANKETED BY A SANDSTORM.
A thick haze smothers Beijing as swathes of northern China fight some of their worst air pollution of the year. Tens of millions of people in Beijing and its surrounding areas will continue confronting serious pollution throughout the first half of November, according to official forecast. IMAGES
The Pakistani city of Lahore in Punjab province near the border with India is engulfed Friday in thick air pollution. Lahore is consistently ranked one of the world's worst cities for air pollution. IMAGES
Beijing, Dec 9 (EFE/EPA).- A thick haze engulfed Beijing on Monday as the PM 2.5 air quality index measuring fine particle air pollution reached around 250 in the Chinese capital.A China delegation is currently attending the United Nations Climate Summit (COP25) in Spain. The Asian giant is hoping to establish itself as the new global leader in the fight against climate change, following the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement signed in 2015. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).FOOTAGE SHOWING B-ROLL OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY, A PALACE COMPLEX POPULAR AMONG TOURISTS IN BEIJING, CHINA, AND THE STREETS OF THE CHINESE CAPITAL IN LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS DUE TO AIR POLLUTIONS.
A thick veil of smog has fallen on New Delhi, leading to a health emergency and warnings from authorities for citizens to stay indoors in order to avoid the dangerous haze. Indian farmers usually burn their crop stubble around the beginning of November, which is believed to be the leading cause of the thick smog. The Indian Medical Association has declared a health emergency and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that the city has become a "gas chamber"