Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Mongolia: snowstorm claims 4 lives


(MENAFN) The provincial government declared that a powerful snowstorm had ripped through southern Mongolian province of Umnugovi since Saturday, leaving over four people dead.

The provincial government confirmed: "Rescuers of the province's emergency management department have found alive 37 of the 41 herders who lost in the snowstorm. Unfortunately, remaining four people, including two members of a family from Tsogttsetsii soum of the province froze to death during the snowstorm on Saturday night".

The score of livestock animals killed in the storm was not determined, according to the provincial government.

Many other Mongolian provinces, including Dundgovi in the south and Uvurkhangai and Tuv in the central, have been struggling from heavy snow this weekend.

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