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As soon as the spring rain stopped during the weekends, yellow dust from China came today (29th).

It's darker than the yellow sand last time, so I can't breathe.

Seoul was even issued a yellow dust warning in 6 years.



Reporter Seo Dong-gyun delivers.



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Yellow sand of uninvited visitors has come again.



With the rush of yellow dust, the concentration of fine dust in Seoul was 783 micrograms per cubic meter in the morning, exceeding 20 times the usual.



It's the worst since it surpassed 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter in February 2015.



A yellow dust warning was issued in Seoul after 6 years.



In Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, the concentration of fine dust in the country, including 1,068 per cubic meter, 1,014 Sancheong in Gyeongnam, 993 in Jinju, 976 in Muju in Jeonbuk, and 815 micrograms in Daegu, has risen more than seven times the environmental standard.



Due to the strong yellow dust, today's fine dust is showing a level of'very bad' nationwide, and the concentration of ultrafine dust has soared to the level of'bad'.



The source of this yellow sand is also Mongolia.



Although the amount of origin itself is less than the previous yellow sand, the strong downdraft from the back of the low pressure dropped the yellow sand particles to the ground and had a great impact.

It's darker than the yellow sand last time, so I can't breathe.

Seoul was even issued a yellow dust warning in 6 years.

Reporter Seo Dong-gyun delivers.

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Yellow dust of uninvited guests has come again.

With the rush of yellow dust, the concentration of fine dust in Seoul was 783 micrograms per cubic meter in the morning, exceeding 20 times the usual.

It's the worst since it surpassed 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter in February 2015.

A yellow dust warning was issued in Seoul after 6 years.

In Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, the concentration of fine dust in the country, including 1,068 per cubic meter, 1,014 Sancheong in Gyeongnam, 993 in Jinju, 976 in Muju in Jeonbuk, and 815 micrograms in Daegu, has risen more than seven times the environmental standard.

Due to the strong yellow dust, today's fine dust is showing a level of'very bad' nationwide, and the concentration of ultrafine dust has soared to the level of'bad'.

The source of this yellow sand is also Mongolia.

Although the amount of origin itself is less than the previous yellow sand, the strong downdraft behind the low pressure drops the yellow sand particles to the ground, which has a greater impact.



[Jin-Gyu Woo/Meteorological Office Forecasting Analyst: During the period when the yellow dust is maintained, it will take some time for the yellow dust to escape to the east because the flow of the barometer around Korea generally slows down a little...

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Ministry of Environment said that the concentration of fine dust will be'bad' all day tomorrow due to the effect of this yellow dust, and asked to refrain from going out and pay attention to health care as much as possible.