Xinhua News Agency, Ulaanbaatar, March 15 (Reporter Asgang Suriya) The General Administration of Emergency Situations of Mongolia reported at 17:00 on the 15th that the number of deaths due to strong sandstorms and snowstorms in the past two days has risen to 10. Eleven people are still missing.
Since the 13th, wind speeds in parts of Mongolia have reached 20 to 24 meters per second, and sometimes 30 to 34 meters per second; snowstorms and snow and ice have formed in the northern areas; strong sand and dust storms have formed in the Gobi grasslands.
The capital city of Ulaanbaatar was also hit by a strong sandstorm on the 14th.
Severe sandstorms and snowstorms led to reports of 10 deaths and 590 missing in Mongolia's Houhangai, Central Gobi and other provinces. As of 17:00 on the 15th, 579 people have been found, and 11 people are still missing.
Among the 10 dead, there was a 5-year-old child.
The strong sandstorm also destroyed 58 yurts, 121 houses and fences, and lost thousands of livestock.
Some transmission lines in the eastern region were damaged and caused local power outages.
At the opening ceremony of the regular spring meeting of the National Great Hural of Mongolia, Zandan Shatar, the chairman of the National Great Hural of Mongolia, said that the extreme weather on the 14th put many provinces in the country into a state of natural disasters and called for the provision of supplies to herders. emergency rescue.
Meteorological experts said that the intensity and duration of this strong sandstorm in Mongolia are longer than those in previous years, and herders should try not to go out and take long roads to take care of children.