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North Korea warns its citizens of Yellow Dust

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Environment
  • Published
    27th Oct, 2020

North Korea has urged its citizens to remain indoors to avoid contact with a mysterious cloud of ‘yellow dust’ which is blowing in from China. 

  • North Korea has urged its citizens to remain indoors to avoid contact with a mysterious cloud of ‘yellow dust’ which is blowing in from China. 
  • There are speculations that the cloud could bring Covid-19 with it.
  • It is also known as yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind or China dust storms. 
  • It actually consists of sand from deserts in China and Mongolia that high speed surface winds carry into both North and South Korea during specific periods every year.
  • The sand particles tend to mix with other toxic substances such as industrial pollutants. 
  • Thus, it is known to cause a number of respiratory ailments.

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