Ukraine covered with dust storm from Russia: Where situation is the worst
Photo: Dust storm and smog in Ukraine (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
On the morning of September 30, a dust storm hit parts of Ukraine. The Sumy Regional Center for Hydrometeorology recommends that people limit their time outside and close windows.
Forecasters have recorded a serious deterioration in air quality in the eastern and northeastern regions of Ukraine. Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions have the highest levels of polluted particles in the air.
Significant air pollution in Ukraine is caused by the atmospheric vortex of dust and smog from Russia. In particular, dust is brought to Ukraine from the Caspian Sea, while smog comes from Russia, where large-scale forest fires are currently taking place. The southeast wind contributed to the spread of the mixture of dust and smog to Ukraine.
Dust storm in Ukraine (screenshot - Sumy Regional Center for Hydrometeorology)
Social media users have been posting photos and videos showing that visibility in cities has significantly decreased.
Residents of the temporarily occupied Luhansk also talk about smog and dust in the air on social media. People post photos that also show that the air is very polluted.
Dust storm in occupied Luhansk (photo from social networks)
Dust storm in occupied Luhansk (photo from social networks)
On September 20, Kyiv recorded a significant deterioration in air quality. The capital of Ukraine was at the top of the online ranking of cities with the most polluted air. At the time, this was due to wind changes and minor fires in ecosystems in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions.
On September 25, at a stationary observation post on Rivnenska and Koniakina streets in Lutsk, the maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances were recorded.
