Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery.
A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan’s Punjab province and stretches out east into India, over the capital New Delhi and beyond, satellite imagery from NASA Worldview shows.
The pollution has forced authorities in Pakistan to close schools and public spaces as the acrid smog threatens the health of tens of millions of people.
Images from the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Multan this weekend show the dark haze engulfing streets and blocking buildings from view.
Traders and customers at a wholesale fruit market engulfed in smog in Lahore, Pakistan on Nov. 8. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource_
Pollution in the region ramps up each winter,when an ominous yellow haze blankets the skies due to a combination of farmers burning agricultural …