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341 people missing afters heavy dust storm hits Mongolia

ByTeo Blašković
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Featured image: Satellite image of Mongolia at 09:30 UTC on March 14, 2021. Credit: JMA/Himawari-8, RAMMB/CIRA, TW

A heavy dust storm hit the southern Mongolian province of Dundgovi on Sunday, March 14, 2021, leaving at least 341 people missing, according to the Dundgovi emergency management department.

The department said most of the missing people are nomadic herders, adding that search and rescue operations are in progress.

Mongolian National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said heavy dust and snowstorms have been affecting large parts of Mongolia since Friday night, March 12.

In central and southern provinces, weather stations registered wind speeds up to 120 km/h (75 mph), the agency said.

Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.

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  1. Вчера (14.03, 13:30) Параклет (обещанный Иисусом Дух Истины) молился вблизи иконы Державная о явлении добрым людям Земли нового аватара Бога Солнечной системы, который на этот раз прибудет на облаке славы и в сопровождении Силы Небесной.
    Остаточная пыль сметается в преддверии Его появления.

    1. Икона, о которой вы говорите, была найдена 2 (15) марта 1917 года, в день отречения царя Николая II. Богоматерь держит на коленях Параклета, владыку Святой Руси и всего мира.

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