モンゴル首都で洪水、数百人避難

【ウランバートルＡＦＰ＝時事】モンゴルの首都ウランバートルで今週、大規模な洪水が発生し、数百人が避難している。政府は５日、同市に非常事態を宣言し、ロブサンナムスライ・オユーンエルデネ首相が「必要な措置」を取るよう命じた。（写真は大規模な洪水に見舞われているモンゴルの首都ウランバートル）
　ウランバートルは乾燥帯に属しているが、今週の豪雨で河川が氾濫。地下アパートに浸水したり、車が立ち往生したりといった被害が出ている。気象当局はさらに２日間は豪雨が続くとしている。
　大陸性気候のモンゴルは通常、寒冷で乾燥しており、年間降水量が５０～４００ミリと少なく、下水道システムを含む首都のインフラは、長時間継続する豪雨に対処しきれない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/06-17:04）

Hundreds of people in Mongolia's capital have fled their homes as heavy flooding inundated basement apartments, with authorities placing the city on high alert Wednesday.
Swathes of Asia have been hit by extreme weather that scientists say has been exacerbated by climate change, with over a dozen killed by heavy rain in China since Monday.
In traditionally dry Ulaanbaatar this week, heavy rains have inundated rivers, flooding basement apartments and trapping cars.
Residents of Bayanzurkh District living near the river Selbe told AFP they had been working since the early hours to boost the height of a local dam and stem rising waters caused by heavy rain.
Our neighbours started to bring dirt and rocks from other places to add more layers on the dam at 3 am, said a 40-year-old resident of one of the worst-affected areas, who gave his name as Delgersaikhan.
The river level reached the dam at 1 am last night, so we've been working all night and managed to prevent our apartment from getting flooded, he added.
Electricity has also been cut in some buildings as a precaution, with state news agency Montsame reporting that a number of roads in the capital have been closed.
The rain is set to continue for another two days, according to the country's weather agency.
The government declared a high alert in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene ordering necessary measures be taken in response.
Mongolia is traditionally cold and dry, and annual precipitation ranges from 50 to 400 millimetres -- leaving the capital's infrastructure, including the sewage system, ill-equipped to deal with sustained heavy rain.