On the road to work in yellow dust from China... Most of the nation's fine dust'very bad'

From the morning of today (29th) on Monday, most areas of the country, including the metropolitan area, have been affected by yellow dust, and the concentration of fine dust has soared to the level of'very bad'.

According to the Ministry of Environment's National Institute of Environmental Sciences, the average concentration of fine dust (PM-10) in Seoul as of 7 am today is 452㎍/㎥, which is a very bad level.

If the fine dust concentration is more than 151㎍/㎥, it is considered very bad.

The concentration of fine dust in Seoul once soared to 545㎍/㎥.

At the same time Daejeon (681㎍/㎥), Sejong (653㎍/㎥), Chungbuk (626㎍/㎥), Gangwon (522㎍/㎥), Gyeonggi (509㎍/㎥), Chungnam (439㎍/㎥), The concentration of fine dust in most areas of the country such as Ulsan (421㎍/㎥) and Gwangju (401㎍/㎥) is very bad.

Jeju (109㎍/㎥) and Busan (98㎍/㎥) are at bad levels.

The concentration of ultrafine dust (PM-2.5) is also soaring.

As of 7 am today, the average concentration of ultrafine dust in Seoul is 96㎍/㎥, which is a very poor level.

If the concentration of ultrafine dust is more than 75㎍/㎥, it is very bad.

At the same time Gyeonggi (107㎍/㎥), Chungbuk (105㎍/㎥), Chungnam (104㎍/㎥), Ulsan (96㎍/㎥), Jeonbuk (95㎍/㎥), Daejeon (91㎍/㎥), etc. The concentration of ultrafine dust all over the country was also very poor.

The Meteorological Administration issued a yellow dust warning throughout Seoul at 7:10 am today.

The yellow dust warning is triggered when it is predicted that the average fine dust concentration per hour of 800㎍/㎥ or more will continue for more than 2 hours due to yellow dust.

The sky looks yellow and you can see that dust is accumulating on vehicles or facilities.

This yellow dust originated from the highlands of Inner Mongolia and Mongolia's Gobi Desert on the 26th, and flowed into the Korean peninsula from last night by riding the northwest wind.

Yesterday afternoon, the Ministry of Environment issued a warning stage for the yellow dust crisis across the country, urging the vulnerable, including the elderly, to refrain from going out.

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