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TIL there's a natural disaster that's unique to Mongolia, called Zud.

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Mongolia - Wikipedia

1:01 AM · Mar 3, 2020

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Kazakhs also had it before industrialization. We called it Dzhut /Zhut.

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Cool find! And damn, would love to read more about this in particular (other than the footnote).

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This is the kind of content I came to the internet for!

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Dr. Poop Muscles, PhD

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There is no death worm, only zud.

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Are you sure? The way I read it, it's a local name for various climatic conditions that are quite normal for a very continental country.

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That is quite interesting.

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As is the Sudestada in Argentina, not quite a disaster but a particular phenomenon...

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Sudestada - Wikipedia

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Kneel before Zud?