People in Mongolia's capital are still trying to cope with the effects of severe flash flooding, the worst in Ulan Bator since the 1960s according to aid workers.
The flooding first hit in and around the city on July 17, killing a total of 24 people, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.
"Several districts in the capital Ulan Bator and an area in the Southwestern province of Gobi Alti, were struck by unexpected and unusually heavy downpours which led to flash floods that took the lives of 24 people," Francis Markus, Communications Delegate for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Regional Delegation for East Asia, said on Sunday.
As clean-up and relief operations were underway more heavy rain and hail storms hit on July 22.
Some 2000 households have been significantly affected by the floods - many of them in the sprawling shanty towns around the city - and property damage in the poorly protected neighbourhoods is high, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.
Footage filmed on July 22, in one of the districts hit by the flooding, an old industrial suburb to the southwest of Ulan Bator, showed an elderly couple trying to salvage assorted objects like bedding and old boots from their living room.
Despite the rain, distribution of relief supplies by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, including quilts, warm clothes, boots, some food packs and disinfectant was ongoing.
The IFRC has now released approximately US$225,000 from its emergency fund to cover the cost of further relief goods - especially more food, clothing and blankets.
AP