Rescuers rush to mudslide-hit border port in SW China's Xizang-Tibet Online

Rescuers rush to mudslide-hit border port in SW China's Xizang

August 27, 2026Source: Xinhua

Rescuers prepare before heading to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescue vehicles head to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
Rescuers head to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers prepare before heading to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers with rescue and relief supplies prepare before heading to the mudslide-stricken Gyirong Port, at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 27, 2026. (Ministry of Emergency Management/Handout via Xinhua)
A Y-20 transport aircraft of the western theater command takes off at an airport in southwest China on Aug. 27, 2026. (Photo by Song Zhengsheng/Xinhua)
A Y-20 transport aircraft of the western theater command takes off at an airport in southwest China on Aug. 27, 2026. (Photo by Song Zhengsheng/Xinhua)

Rescue teams are racing to a mudslide-stricken border port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region after the disaster caused significant casualties along the China-Nepal border on Wednesday, local authorities said.

Rescuers rush to mudslide-hit border port in SW China's Xizang

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