Mongolian National State Emergency Committee (NSEC) led by Deputy Prime Minister U.Enkhtuvshin convened an urgent meeting on the current winter situation in Uvs province on 30 January.

Temperatures in Uvs have gone as low as minus 52 degrees Celsius, while snow measuring up to 31 cm is blanketing 18 soums of the province, threatening the livelihoods of herders who depend entirely on livestock for food, transportation and income. This is considered as an extreme ‘zud’ situatiion.

Uvs province has 17173 herders and 12909 livestock. Currently, severe winter has been killed 5900 livestock, namely: seven camels, 187 horses, 312 cows, 2122 sheep and 3209 goats.