Tens of millions of people across northern China were under severe pollution warnings Tuesday, with authorities urging them to reduce outdoor activities as a greyish smog enveloped the region.
Several areas of north China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, home to over 100 million people, are suffering from the worst pollution they have seen in months.
Air quality monitoring firm IQAir on Tuesday listed Beijing as the fifth most-polluted major city on Earth, just ahead of Indian megalopolis Mumbai. Official forecasters say the smog, which they blamed on"unfavourable weather conditions", will linger in the region until temperatures drop from unseasonably mild highs later this week.
But while there has been improvement in recent years, air quality remains far below World Health Organization standards.
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