This is a good story on the effect of a winter storm from 20 years ago on one family: https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800592753/a-decade-of-dzud-lessons-from-mongolias-deadly-winters
Mongolian 'blizzards' get a lot of foreign press. This story is more circumspect in describing one microcosm of the Mongolian en masse migration to the capital, and the general citification of this land of pastoral herdsman nomads. The article touches on how extreme weather can cause culture changing cycles, which are also affected by animals numbers, over-grazing and rancher's preparation.
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