Ulaanbaatar
Five Aimags Classified as High-Risk for Drought
Environment
Ulaanbaatar, July 30,
2025 /MONTSAME/. According to a nationwide general assessment for drought
risk, Uvurkhangai, Bayan-Ulgii, Umnugobi, Khovd, and Dornogobi aimags were
identified as high-risk for drought.
The National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) conducted the assessment based on this year’s summer
weather forecasts, drought outlook, statistics, and other data. As a result of
the comprehensive assessment, the following aimags were evaluated as low-risk:
Uvs, Zavkhan, Arkhangai, Gobi-Altai, Bayankhongor, Tuv, Uvurkhangai, Dornod, Dundgobi,
Darkhan, Selenge, central Khentii, Bulgan, Khuvsgul, and Orkhon.
For 330 soums across 21 aimags, the risk for drought was classified as follows:
- 25 soums – very high;
- 52 – high;
- 130 – medium;
- 29 – low;
- 2 – very low.
