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WEATHER CONDITION

White dzud-18 aimags, 98 soums

Thickness 18-42 cm

Density 0.12-0.42 gr/cm

Ground frost 23-53 C

Thickness 10-19 cm

Density 0.9-0.4 gr/cm White dzud

Status report of winter situation in

Mongolia

As of February 22, 2016

Difficulties in the countryside

Due to devalue of livestock raw material, herders are short in cash and have requested assistance in purchasing hay, cattle forage, warm clothes and food supplies.

Due to overgrazing in pasturelands in Dornod, Dornogobi, Sukhbaatar, Tov, Khentii, “Sheep flower” infecteous disease was spread and increasing (5 aimags, 18 soums, 1 district in the city; 21 cases)

Lack of emergency vehicles to provide services to citizens and herdersint eh rural areas. (13 aimags, 19 soums, districts 39 vehicles)

Due to snows, local roads are blocked.

Due to snow, and long cold days, cattle loss is increasing. (21 aimags, 211 soums, 348373 livetock )

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2010 болон 2016 оны өвөлжилтийн нөхцөл байдал

д/д Малын хорогдол Авч хэрэгжүүлсэн арга хэмжээ

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As of 7 March 2010 in 21

aimags, 310.800 livestock

dead

Government of Mongolia 6.8 billion MNT;

International assistance 27.1 billion MNT,

Aid agency, UN and its affiliates 10.9 billion MNT;

Local companies, personal donations and assistance 818.2

million MNT, total 45.7 billion MNT worth supplies and

monetary assistance .

80.9% of the total territory was affected by dzud, 18 aimags,

175 soums’ 97.5 herder families were afflicted, 9.7 million

livestock (90% of livestock) lost, 527 billion MNT was the

damage.

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As of 7 March 2016 in 21

aimags, 348373 livestock

dead

Government of Mongolia 6.872.758.446.6 MNT;

International Red Cross, Red Crescent have donated to 1800

families 134.4 mln MNT; 37.5 tons of flour, 15 tons of rice, 3

tons of sugar, 1500 litres of vegetable oil, 1500 pcs salt, 1500

pcs tea being distributed now.

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