Chinese yellow sand invades Japan! (Video)
Mainichi reports on a Chinese invasion:
Huge clouds of yellow sand carried on strong winds from China covered areas of western Japan on Monday, reducing visibility and coating buildings with dust.
Meteorological officials said visibility in the cities of Nagoya [pictured above], Tsu and Gifu was reduced to about 3 kilometers as a result of the sand. Because of the poor visibility, officials warned people to take care when driving on expressways in affected areas.
Yellow sand, also referred to as yellow dust or Asian dust, is whipped up by winds over the Chinese mainland and carried over Japan by westerly winds at an altitude of about 10,000 meters.
The yellow sand haze will continue until tomorrow, and the news media has warned people not to hang their laundry outside unless they want it to get covered in sand. Here are some photos and video of the yellow sand storm.
Dowtown Kyoto:
Tanabe City in Wakayama Prefecture:
Video of Osaka and Kansai International Airport engulfed by the sand:
Video of Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka:
And finally, a couple pictures of the yellow sand in China, where things are much worse:
