Over 2,500 rescuers deployed to mudslide-hit border port in Xizang

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Excavators and loaders operate in the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port in Gyirong, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, September 5, 2026. /VCG

China has deployed more than 2,500 rescue personnel after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on August 26, the emergency response and rescue headquarters said on Sunday.

The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 6 p.m. Saturday, officials told a press conference.

As of 6 p.m. Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed to join rescue operations, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 tonnes of supplies, officials said.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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