10 Mongolian provinces experience harsh wintry weather

STORY: 10 Mongolian provinces experience harsh wintry weather SHOOTING TIME: mid-Nov., 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of roads and pastures 2. various of livestock herds 3. various of pastures covered in snow STORYLINE: At least 10 of all the 21 Mongolian provinces have been experiencing extreme wintry weather, known as "dzud," the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Thursday. Dzud is a Mongolian term to describe a severely cold winter when a large number of livestock die because the ground is frozen or covered in snow. "At least 10 provinces, including Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan and Govi-Altai in the west, as well as Khentii and Dornogovi in the east, are now experiencing the dzud," the NEMA said in a statement. In addition, eight provinces, including Sukhbaatar in the east and Bulgan in the north, are experiencing near-dzud conditions, the emergency agency said. In 2016, a dzud killed