Rescuers with rescue and relief supplies board a plane at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 27, 2026. The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management. 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 Bing/Xinhua)
GYIRONG, Xizang, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.
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. ■
This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter heading to Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in Xizang Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.
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 heading to Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in Xizang Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.
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)
A plane carrying a rescue team and supplies arrives at an airport in Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026.
The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in Xizang Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.
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 Ruiyu/Xinhua)
A plane carrying a rescue team and supplies arrives at an airport in Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026.
The first team of 141 rescuers has arrived at the mudslide-stricken border port of Gyirong in Xizang Thursday morning after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border, according to China's Ministry of Emergency Management.
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 Ruiyu/Xinhua)
