Hwangsa (황사, 黃沙) is the yellow dust which blows into Korea several times each Spring. It originates in the Gobi Desert and in areas of China just to the south of the Gobi - areas in the process of desertification. Spring of 2002 and 2006 had particularly bad storms. The yellow dust seems to affect the western part of Korea more.
The hwangsa in 2007 is expected to be most prominent around April. [1]
- Hwangsa in 2006
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- March - 3.7 days
- April - 6 days
- May - 0.7 days
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