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At least 6 killed in dust, snow storms in Mongolia
ULAN BATOR, March 15,2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least six people were killed in
heavy dust and snow storms that swept through Mongolia over the weekend, the
country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Monday.
A total of 467 people were found alive among the 548 people who got lost in
the storms, the NEMA said.
Unfortunately, five people were killed in the southern province of Dundgovi
and a five-year-old child died in the central-western province of Arkhangai
due to the storms.
Search for the remaining missing people was underway, the emergency agency
said.
Many yurts and power lines were taken down in the storms in several
provinces, especially in Dundgovi province, the agency added.
Dust and snowstorms are frequent in spring in Mongolia, which is one of the
last nomadic countries in the world. Nearly 40 percent of the country’s
nomadic population depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood.
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