Mongolia's Extreme Winter: 5.2 Million Livestock Dead From Sudden 'Opening of Atmospheric Hole'

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👉 Courtesy: Al-Jazeera

🐪 Nomadic herders in Mongolia are counting the cost of one of the most severe winters, in nearly half a century. Temperatures dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius - enveloping most of the country in thick snow and ice. Pastoral communities have lost more than half of their livestock - an essential part of their livelihood.

Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and the country, which is at the frontlines of the global climate crisis, is paying for it dearly having lost 5.2 million livestock, or about 8 % of its total livestock, said Save the Children.

The cold weather conditions brought on by Dzud – a natural phenomenon when drought is followed by a harsh winter that kills crops and freezes livestock to death – is also taking a toll on children and families.