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Bookmark or Share- A Harsh Mongolian Winter Leaves Millions of Livestock DeadThe die-off is caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud, where a dry summer is followed by a severe winter that brings deep snow and bitter cold, locking pastures under ice.
- Zud - WikipediaA zud, dzud (Mongolian: зуд), dzhut, zhut, djut, or jut (Kazakh: жұт, Kyrgyz: жут, Russian: джут) is a periodic disaster in steppe, semi-desert and desert regions in Mongolia and Central Asia [1] (including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan) [2] in which large numbers of livestock die, primarily due ...
- Dzud in Mongolia - World Health Organization (WHO)A dzud is an extreme weather event with temperatures dropping to -30°C or lower, with strong winds, heavy snow and ice. This 2023-2024 winter has seen the highest snowfall recorded in the last 49 years. At its peak, 90% of the territory of Mongolia was covered with thick layers of snow.
- Deadly ‘dzud’ in Mongolia kills more than 7 million head of livestock ...An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country’s entire livestock holdings, threatening herders’ livelihoods and way of life.
- Mongolian dzud: Extreme weather puts 90% of country at ‘high risk’The ongoing “white and iron” dzud in Mongolia has reached a “critical” level, with over 90 per cent of the country facing high levels of risk from the unique weather phenomenon, UN agencies have...
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