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This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 29, 2026 shows search and rescue operations underway at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)

GYIRONG, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- A fast-moving chain mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse on the Nepalese side, has caused heavy casualties and left many missing at Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

China immediately sent professional rescuers, firefighters and military forces to search for those missing. A total of 2,141 rescue workers and 86 specialists have arrived at the disaster-hit area, according to the latest update by the region's emergency management department.

All-out efforts are being made to search and rescue people who are missing.

This photo shows search and rescue operations underway at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Lijun/Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Photo by Zheng Lijun/Xinhua)
This aerial drone photo shows rescuers repairing a section of national highway G216 leading to the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
This photo shows road clearance operations underway at a section of national highway G216 in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
This photo shows road clearance operations underway at a section of national highway G216 in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Lhasa fire and rescue mobile detachment/Handout via Xinhua)
Excavators clear a road at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Lhasa fire and rescue mobile detachment/Handout via Xinhua)
This photo shows rescuers working at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
A large unmanned aerial vehicle transports supplies at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Excavators clear a road at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers carry emergency rescue supplies in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Xizang Fire and Rescue Corps/Handout via Xinhua)


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