This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Zhang Pengchuan/Xinhua)
GYIRONG, Xizang, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued as of 8 a.m. on Thursday, after a mudslide struck a port along the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a local official said at a press conference.
Among the missing, 260 have been identified as foreign nationals, according to Norbu Tsering, the first commander of the on-site headquarters.
The mudslide, which occurred on the Nepalese side, struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. ■
This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Zhang Yiyue/Xinhua)
This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Hu Qiwu/Xinhua)
This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Zhou Feng/Xinhua)
This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Liu Guanqing/Xinhua)
