BANGKOK (AlertNet) - An unusually severe winter following a summer drought risks pushing almost 200,000 people into hunger and deeper poverty in Mongolia, the United Nations has warned.
Daily temperatures have fallen below -40 degrees Celcius in most of the country - well below habitual winter temperatures of -15 to -35 degrees. As a result, more than one million livestock have already died, according to the National Emergency Management Agency.
In addition, stockpiles of livestock fodder are low after the summer drought, the United Nations said in a statement on Monday.
"It's an unfolding situation which is predicted to worsen over time,
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