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Rescue efforts ongoing with over 2,000 rescuers deployed at mudslide-hit area in Xizang

August 31, 2026Source: Xinhua

Rescuers use a laser-based AI monitoring device to dynamically monitor risks such as landslides and falling rocks at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers use a laser-based AI monitoring device to dynamically monitor risks such as landslides and falling rocks at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
A rescuer carries out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers use a laser-based AI monitoring device to dynamically monitor risks such as landslides and falling rocks at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers use a laser-based AI monitoring device to dynamically monitor risks such as landslides and falling rocks at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

The deadly mudslide had claimed 16 lives and left 546 others missing at Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region as of 6 p.m. Saturday, the regional government said on Sunday morning. Over 2,000 rescuers have reached the mudslide-hit area so far to search for the missing.