DISASTERS IN FIGURES

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Last year, 3,548 disasters and accidents occurred, 213 people died in them, some 166 thousand heads of livestock and domestic animals were lost. By the types of disasters, 3,063 were fires on possessions, 161--forest and field fires, 93--river and lake accidents, 47--cases of domestic animal madness disease, 39--earthquakes more than of 3.5 magnitude, 22--accidents related to artisanal mining and rock falls, 18--heavy rain and floods, and 15 heavy storms. Estimated damages amounted to MNT 9.6 billion. B.Khuder