Uzhydromet published information on the content of fine particles in the air.
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According to Uzhydromet, a dust storm in Termez began on July 3 at 04:00.
According to the data of the automatic air pollution monitoring station, by that time the content of fine PM10 particles in the atmospheric air was 719 µg/m3, which exceeded the maximum allowable concentration by 1.5 times. The wind speed was 11 m/s.
At 05:00, the content of fine particles PM10 in the atmospheric air amounted to 1,600 µg/m3, which exceeded the maximum allowable concentration by 3.2 times; by 09:00, this figure reached 7,363 µg/m3, which exceeded the norm by 14 .7 times.
With a decrease in wind speed, dust haze is observed in the air.
At 10:00, the content of fine PM10 particles in the atmospheric air decreased to 6,065 µg/m3.
