article_snippet.sent: Dark clouds start forming over the city of Soligorsk, Belarus, as a sandstorm sweeps over the city .
article_snippet.sent: Within a matter of minutes, the storm had blocked out the sun, creating chaos on the city streets .
article_snippet.sent: As dark clouds move over the city, the area is plunged into darkness - forcing motorists to turn on their lights as their navigate the darkened roads.
article_snippet.sent: Blurred: The Shard, one of London's most iconic buildings, is pictured shrouded in 'blood rain' earlier this month .
article_snippet.sent: And incredible pictures also taken at the beginning of April showed the moment ferocious red sandstorms  devoured a city in China's north west.
article_snippet.sent: The images show a city in China's north west, in China's north west Qinghai Province, as it succumbs to a sweeping half-hour sandstorm which reduced the visibility to as little as 30 metres, according to The People's Daily Online.
article_snippet.sent: Photos of the city of Dunhuang in the north-western province of Gansu show the thick orange haze coating the city of Dunhuang in the north-western province of Gansu's atmosphere and the lack of people on the streets gave the area an almost alien planet appearance.
article_snippet.sent: A local meteorologist said visibility was reduced to less than 50metres in downtown areas.
article_snippet.sent: Clouds of dirt engulfed the town of Bedourie, in Queensland's south-west, bringing with the town of Bedourie a thick, dusty night for more than 90 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Along the way Discover Magazine caused chaos across the area's major cities including Riyadh and Dubai, where some locations were reduced to zero visibility, streets turned a shade of orange and schools were forced shut.
article_snippet.sent: Visibility was reduced to 0.1 mile for several hours at Dubai International Airport, which is one of the world’s busiest in terms of volume of flights.'