Sandstorm in China Covers Beijing with Orange Haze

Two men take their photo in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a sandstorm on March 20, 2010. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Image)

A “hazardous” sandstorm heading east through China arrived in Beijing late Friday night leaving citizens covered with sand and trapped under a haunting sky with an orange haze.

The Associated Press confirmed that the Chinese regime has warned citizens to protect their lungs by covering their faces while outside and has officially affixed the level of severity at “hazardous”.

Meteorologists are blaming the long drought in the area as the cause, and that this is the worst sandstorm China has seen all year.

Many citizens in Beijing are using masks and various cloths to cover their faces while outside similar to the events that unfolded during the SARS outbreak.

The regime’s weather center released a statement saying that the conditions were “very bad for the health.”

Studies are showing that China has had a severe increase in sandstorms in the past ten years along with increased droughts and growing desert areas.

“I think this kind of natural disaster is caused by human activity, but I don’t know the exact reason, and I don’t know exactly what we can do to prevent this,” stated Beijing resident Shi Chunyan to the Associated Press.