Two million animals dead as extreme winter weather hits Mongolia

The extreme weather is known as “dzud” and typically results in the deaths of huge numbers of livestock. - AFP

BAYANMUNKH SUM, Mongolia: More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said Monday (Feb 26), as the country endures extreme cold and snow.

The landlocked country is no stranger to severe weather from December to March, when temperatures plummet as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit) in some areas.