中 고비사막 모래폭풍 베이징 강타… 오후부터 서울 영향<br /><br />A massive sandstorm blowing from the Gobi desert has coated Chinese cities with yellow dust. <br />Traveling west, pushed along by strong winds wind,... the sandstorm is expected to affect South Korea from this afternoon. <br />Kim Hyo-sun reports. <br />A sandstorm hit Zhangye City, northwest of China's Gansu Province on Sunday afternoon. <br />Whipped up by strong winds of around 17 meters a second,... it formed a sand wall as high as one-hundred meters. <br />What looks like a massive tsunami,... the sandstorm engulfed the city within minutes,... reducing visibility to less than ten meters. <br />Major expressways were shut down and vehicles stopped in the middle of the road.<br />As the sandstorm traveled west,... Beijing also came under the influence of the sandstorm.<br />Coupled with high fine dust levels, the sandstorm sharply worsened the city's air quality.<br />It's also expected to affect South Korea. <br />The country's weather agency forecasts that the yellow dust from China could affect central regions, including Seoul, from Tuesday afternoon. <br />Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News. <br />
