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  • It's called the "Dzud" - a multiple disaster with a summer drought followed by one of the coldest winters on record.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • A phenomenon known in Mongolian as a 'Dzud' - severe summer drought followed by heavy snow and extremely low winter temperatures - has affected 19 of Mongolia's 21 provinces.

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 2010

  • A phenomenon known in Mongolian as a 'Dzud' - severe summer drought followed by heavy snow and extremely low winter temperatures - has affected 19 of Mongolia's 21 provinces.

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 2010

  • It's called the "Dzud" - a multiple disaster with a summer drought followed by one of the coldest winters on record.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • The 'Dzud' is a period of drought followed by heavy snow and low temperatures [Reuters] "This winter has been exceptionally long - it started at the beginning of October and it is continued even now", Togtokhsuren, the governor of the affected Uvurkhangai province, said.

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 2010

  • This is the "Dzud" which means "winter disaster" or "white death" and, although there was a Dzud cycle through the winters of 1999-2002, this one of the worst in living memory.

    EU Referendum Richard 2010

  • The 'Dzud' is a period of drought followed by heavy snow and low temperatures [Reuters] "This winter has been exceptionally long - it started at the beginning of October and it is continued even now", Togtokhsuren, the governor of the affected Uvurkhangai province, said.

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 2010

  • Most of Mongolia is suffering from a Dzud, a phenomena of a severely cold winter following a summer drought.

    Asia in Photos 2010

  • Mongolian herders are suffering from a Dzud, a phenomenon of a severely cold winter following a summer drought, which has killed millions of livestock vital to the largely rural country.

    Bitter Winter in Mongolia 2010

  • Most of Mongolia is suffering from a Dzud, a phenomena of a severely cold winter following a summer drought.

    Asia in Photos 2010

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