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NATURAL DISASTER - STRONG DUST STORM. 2002.03.18 – 03.21. 20 aimag Wind speed > 16m/s: 217 soum > 28m/s: 31 soum Maximum Duration: 68 hours. Losses: 3 person 53000 livestock 2.1 billion tugrigs. NATURAL DISASTER - FOREST & STEPPE FIRES.
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NATURAL DISASTER - STRONG DUST STORM 2002.03.18 – 03.21 20 aimag Wind speed > 16m/s: 217 soum > 28m/s: 31 soum Maximum Duration: 68 hours Losses: 3 person 53000 livestock 2.1 billion tugrigs
NATURAL DISASTER - FOREST & STEPPE FIRES FOREST: 12.5 mln.ha - 8.1% (Larch, pine, cedar, birch, fir, spruce, saxaul) GRASSLAND: 70% FOREST FIRES: 60 - 70 times/year STEPPE FIRES: 80 - 100 times/year 55.3% - fire risk zone 98,5% of forest – fire risky During period of : 1963 – 2001 5208 fires 76.3 million hectares burnt
Fire Occurrences of Mongolia from 1963 - 2001 5208 fires 1996-2001: 24.1% or 1255 fires 76.3 mln. ha. 1996-2001: 47.6% or 36.3 mln. ha.
1998 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 Fire Monitoring from 1996 - 2001
Fire Frequency 1996 - 2001 Source: ICC, Ministry of Natural Environment 16.2%more than 3 years