The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 5,005 households across Mongolia are at risk of being affected by spring snowmelt floods. Specifically, 3,789 households in 10 aimags and 1,216 households in seven districts of the capital city may face flooding.

The NEMA warned that due to a sharp rise in temperatures and monthly average temperatures expected to be above the long-term average in Bayan-Ulgii, parts of Khovd, Uvs aimags, and the western part of Gobi-Altai aimag, the risk of snowmelt flood levels is likely to increase.

According to the general risk assessment of vulnerability to snowmelt floods, six out of 330 soums in 21 aimags have been assessed as being at very high risk, 20 soums at high risk, 92 soums at medium risk, and 212 at low or very low risk. In the capital city, Songinokhairkhan District has been classified as very high risk, while four districts are at medium risk and four at low or very low risk.

The assessment was conducted in accordance with the “Unified Guidelines for Conducting General Disaster Risk Assessments” approved by the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia.

The assessment was carried out jointly by NEMA, the National Institute for Disaster Studies, the Ministry of Construction, Urban Development and Housing, the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, the Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, the Water Agency, the Geodesy, Water, and Construction Facilities Authority, and the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

Published Date:2026-03-11