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By the time the heavy rainfalls (up to 28.4 mm) had started on 3 July 2023 and continued through 8 July 2023, major rivers around Ulaanbaatar had already flooded, resulting in fl ash fl oods. With more precipitation forecast, the water level of rivers was expected to continue to increase. The water level of Tuul River, the longest river fl owing across Ulaanbaatar City exceeded the hazardous level (260cm)by 10cm. According to disaster defi nition criteria stated into the Disaster Protection Law of Mongolia, a Flood hazardous level is defined when the river/stream water level reaches flood level, and water from heavy rains fl ows along ravines and beds mixing with mud, dirt, and stones.
In Ulaanbaatar, 26 locations were fl ooded, and 6 Central Districts of Ulaanbaatar was under a high level of readiness/alert since 5 July2023. On 9 July 2023, the Emergency Status was further extended to 11 July 2023. The number of flooded locations was expected toincrease due to anticipated precipitation.
On 7 July 2023, the Capital Emergency Commission warned that the impact of floods might extend, leading to a projected number of288,738 people affected (i.e., the number of the population from the at-risk areas), among which 11,033 people living in the ger districts needing support with evacuation.
As of 8 July 2023, a total of 199 apartments/houses/gers and 702 infrastructural units, including electricity substations, roads, dams, bridges and tunnels had been affected. Some 830 people were displaced, and at that time, 160 people were evacuated to the temporary shelter. The number of displaced people was expected to further increase. With expected rainfall, transportation in Ulaanbaatar was likely to be severely affected.
In other parts of the country, flash floods occurred in 4 areas (soums) of Darkhan, Selenge, and Tuv Provinces due to heavy rainfall. As a result, 77 households were affected, and 89 gers (traditional Mongolian dwellings), 2 mobile houses, 1 vehicle, 100 sheep, 96 children, and118 adults were evacuated.
As for infrastructure damages, 1 electricity station, 1 electricity transformation pillar and 2 main bridges had completely collapsed, and 2more bridges had been severely damaged. Eff orts were underway to address these infrastructure issues and restore normal operations.No health facility had been damaged/flooded.
MRCS allocated over 1.5 billion MNT (CHF 399,428) for this flood response operation, to which IFRC contributed approximately 17 per cent of the overall response operation.