At least 2,250 herder families have lost more 70 percent of their #livestock, as this year’s #dzud blankets grazing lands in deep #snow and #ice and there are predictions many more animals will be unable to survive the next few weeks.
During #dzuds, temperatures in some parts of the country fall as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit)
More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said today, as the country endures extreme cold and snow... But this winter has been more severe than usual, with lower than normal temperatures and very heavy snowfall, the United Nations said in a recent report....
"Dzuds, a peculiar slow-onset disaster unique to #Mongolia, are extreme winters characterized by freezing temperatures, heavy snow and ground so frozen that animals cannot reach pasture.
This winter, the dual “white” and “iron” #dzud is marked by a very deep snow cover preventing animals from accessing grass (white dzud) combined with a short thaw and subsequent hard freeze that locks up pastures in ice (iron dzud)."
Two million livestock animals die as Mongolia endures extreme weather (www.freemalaysiatoday.com)
More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said today, as the country endures extreme cold and snow... But this winter has been more severe than usual, with lower than normal temperatures and very heavy snowfall, the United Nations said in a recent report....