![A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/13/329956ee4f2542da8ffd58cbb07c7ac9.jpg)
A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)
![A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/13/3b371a014b73459ea44081e9bc635395.jpg)
A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)
![A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/13/3d6efdcc5ebf4decb3e5dcd56a452c12.jpg)
A sandstorm hits Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)
![A woman wears a mask to protect her from a sandstorm while walking on a street in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/08/13/6d5396a61d4d4b359a8fd51b1b2d48d0.jpg)
A woman wears a mask to protect her from a sandstorm while walking on a street in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2018. Visibility was reduced as dust shrouded the city, where temperatures reached approximately 35 degrees centigrade. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)