More than 70 percent of Mongolian territory is currently covered with thick snow, reaching 25-35 cm while snow thickness found in mountainous areas have reached 40-90 cm.
International and professional organizations report that 53 soums of 13 provinces of Mongolia and Nalaikh district of the Ulaanbaatar city are experiencing a natural disaster called dzud, a severe winter with heavy snowfall and very low temperature. Moreover, 38 soums of 13 aimags are expected to suffer from dzud soon.
In addition, temperature will get worse by the end of December and the coldest winter days than multi-year average are expected in January and February, 2017, reported by the Mongolian Research Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology.
In regards, the Government of Mongolia today approved necessary funding and obliged affiliated ministers to ensure energy reliability and reserve coal.
More than 70 percent of Mongolian territory is currently covered with thick snow, reaching 25-35 cm while snow thickness found in mountainous areas have reached 40-90 cm.
International and professional organizations report that 53 soums of 13 provinces of Mongolia and Nalaikh district of the Ulaanbaatar city are experiencing a natural disaster called dzud, a severe winter with heavy snowfall and very low temperature. Moreover, 38 soums of 13 aimags are expected to suffer from dzud soon.
In addition, temperature will get worse by the end of December and the coldest winter days than multi-year average are expected in January and February, 2017, reported by the Mongolian Research Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology.
In regards, the Government of Mongolia today approved necessary funding and obliged affiliated ministers to ensure energy reliability and reserve coal.