article_snippet.sent: The organisation advised residents to stay indoors and local authorities to brace for the clean-up operation after ferocious red sandstorms currently engulfing China.
article_snippet.sent: Police spokesman Hui Chuang said: 'The storm forced most people to stay indoors because it was difficult to drive anyway given the low visibility and also hard to breathe without inhaling sand. '
article_snippet.sent: The storm also forced the closure of the nearby Mogao Grottoes.'
article_snippet.sent: Traffic was brought to a standstill and residents fled for cover when The storm hit .