10 kiled in sandstorm in Mongolia

AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia's National Emergency Management Agency said Monday that the strong sandstorms in the country have resulted in 10 deaths, and 590 reports of missing persons had been filed. The wind speeds in various provinces of Mongolia have reached 20 meters per second and there have been gusts of up to 30 to 34 meters per second, Global Times reprots.
The PM10 in the core area of sand dust in Beijing is close to 10,000 micrograms per cubic meter, the monitoring center said.
The amount of PM10 in Beijing reached an average of more than 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter at 8 am on Monday, and the index topped 2,000 micrograms per cubic meter in some northern areas of the capital.