Beijing skies turn orange as sandstorm and pollution send readings off the scale
by Helen Davidson in Taipei, and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#5FB8B)
Capital of China suffers hazardous' levels of air pollution with authorities issuing second-highest safety alert
A massive sandstorm has combined with already high air pollution to turn the skies in Beijing an eerie orange, and send some air quality measurements off the charts.
Air quality indexes recorded a hazardous" 999 rating on Monday as commuters travelled to work through the thick, dark air across China's capital and further west.
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