Chinese Rescue Team Finds 'Nothing but Ruins'
Xi offered emergency aid and rescue cooperation as officials said the disaster left hundreds dead and missing on both sides of the border.
- On Friday, Chinese and Nepalese rescue teams resumed operations at the obliterated Gyirong border crossing, finding only ruins after a glacier collapse destroyed the Nepal-China trade hub.
- A glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed torrents of rock, ice, and mud through Himalayan river systems, destroying the vital Gyirong border crossing, a key node in China's Belt and Road network.
- The disaster has left at least 579 people dead in Nepal, with more than 1,400 missing, including at least 540 foreign nationals, while the Red Cross estimates more than 90,000 people affected overall.
- Rescuers face extreme difficulty navigating steep valleys and volatile weather while monitoring two upstream barrier lakes that threaten further flooding; authorities warned that flood risks will persist until both lakes fully drain.
- During a Politburo meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping's administration called for a "scientific and well-targeted" search and rescue plan while emphasizing closer international disaster cooperation to address ongoing Himalayan environmental hazards.
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Chinese rescue team finds ‘nothing but ruins’ at flood-hit Himalayan border crossing
NUWAKOT, Nepal — Nepal and China resumed rescue operations in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday, with a Chinese rescue team reaching the all-but-obliterated Gyirong border crossing complex for the first time and finding “nothing but ruins.” The post Chinese rescue team finds ‘nothing but ruins’ at flood-hit Himalayan border crossing appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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Chinese rescue team finds 'nothing but ruins'
NUWAKOT, Nepal — Nepal and China resumed rescue operations in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday, with a Chinese rescue team reaching the all-but-obliterated Gyirong border crossing complex for the first time and finding "nothing but ruins."
Last Wednesday, August 26, 2026, the Nepalese region of Rasuwa, about 20 kilometres from the border crossing point with China, collapsed
Chinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Chinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead. The initial report was published by The Guardian. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر موقع Cedarnews الإخباري. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.
Nothing but ruins: Rescuers reach border office where Sadhguru team was stuck
Nothing remains of the Gyirong checkpoint or its surrounding infrastructure, with large parts of the area buried under debris and thick layers of mud after flash floods wreaked havoc near the Nepal-Tibet border region.
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