Published on: 2026-09-06
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Gyrong /Sichuan/, September 6 /Xinhua/ — As of 18:00 on Saturday, 43 people have been confirmed dead, and 519 remain missing after a mudslide occurred on August 26 in the Gyrong checkpoint area on the China-Nepal border in the Sichuan Autonomous Region /Southwest China/. This was reported on Sunday by the local emergency response headquarters.
As stated at the headquarters press conference attended by Chinese and foreign journalists, among the missing are 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries.
The press conference took place after representatives of foreign media visited the mudslide zone near the Gyirong checkpoint this past weekend.
After a deadly landslide caused by the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal, China has begun a large-scale search and rescue operation.
As of 6:00 PM on Saturday, the Chinese side had deployed more than 2,500 people and over 500 units of equipment for the rescue operations, conducted more than 1,000 drone flights, and dropped 5.43 tons of cargo from the air.
In addition, the authorities of Gyirong County provided assistance to 1,720 residents of Nepal’s border areas who found themselves on its territory. Many Nepalese citizens working or doing business in Gyirong were unable to leave after a landslide destroyed the border checkpoint they usually used to cross into China.
At the press conference, headquarters representatives also noted that China daily provides Nepal with up-to-date meteorological, hydrological information, and the status of glaciers and glacial lakes through a disaster warning information exchange mechanism. –0–
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