article_snippet.sent: Incredible pictures have shown the moment ferocious red sandstorms currently engulfing China devoured a city in the country's north west.
article_snippet.sent: China's pollution hit cities are now having to cope with a fresh nuisance after the fourth massive sandstorm struck the north-west of China this year alone.
article_snippet.sent: The images show a city in China devoured by a giant sandstormGolmud, 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: The raging sand storm sweeps in on the city of Golmud in north west China, where 200,000 people live .
article_snippet.sent: the fourth massive sandstorm was the fourth to hit the area this year as authorities struggle to deal with the natural hazards .
article_snippet.sent: The red sand swept across the northern part of the country bringing strong winds and floating sand to the regions of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia and Shaanxi, in what was the fourth sandstorm to hit the area this year.
article_snippet.sent: Cars switched on Cars lights in order to navigate Cars way through the sand cloud .
article_snippet.sent: A police cruiser makes A police cruiser way through the traffic amid yesterday's ferocious sandstorm .
highlights_snippet.sent: Incredible pictures show a city in China devoured by a giant sandstorm .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: a city in China devoured by a giant sandstorm turned red as a city in China devoured by a giant sandstorm was covered by the brightly-coloured sand .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: As residents fled the streets, a city in China devoured by a giant sandstorm took on a Mars-type appearance .