Aid Group Warns of Crisis as Mongolia Hit by Harsh Winter

An international aid agency is warning of a potential humanitarian crisis as Mongolia grapples with another unusually harsh winter that's decimating livestock and sending temperatures to minus 56 degrees Celsius (minus 70 Fahrenheit), with worse still to come. Save the Children said Tuesday that this winter will likely see the extreme Mongolian weather phenomenon known as “dzud,” which typically happens once a decade but could strike for the second consecutive year. The dzud last year...

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