On August 28, a Chinese rescue team reached the Gyirong border crossing complex in Nepal for the first time since a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods and mudslides in the Himalayas. The team, comprising 21 rescuers and a search-and-rescue dog, navigated through destroyed roads, virgin forest, and steep cliffs to access the area, only to find “nothing but ruins” at the complex, according to rescue worker Zou Mingqi (Reuters).

The disaster, which occurred on Wednesday, has resulted in at least 579 deaths in Nepal and seven in China’s Tibet, with the number of missing in Nepal nearly doubling to 1,924. At least 558 people are missing in Tibet’s Gyirong County, and among the missing, 540 are foreigners, many of them Indian Hindu pilgrims. Surveillance footage captured the scale of the destruction, showing massive torrents of water and debris engulfing buildings and people attempting to flee. The flooding also led to the formation of a lake that began overflowing into the Lhende Khola and Trishuli rivers, prompting temporary suspensions of rescue operations due to safety concerns (Reuters).

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