Freak Landslide Completely Swallows Entire Mountain Village
Rescuers searched for more than 400 missing people after the mudslide destroyed roads, power and communications at the border crossing, officials said.
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A vast landslide hit the Nepalese side of the Gyirong pass: there are victims and scattered. The images show the moment when the land breaks down and overwhelms the houses below.
Taiwan checking safety of nationals after deadly Tibet landslide: MAC
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Taiwan's government is seeking information on the safety of its nationals in Tibet following a deadly landslide near Gyirong Port on the Nepal-China border, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Wednesday.
Freak Landslide Completely Swallows Entire Mountain Village
A Himalayan border crossing between China and Nepal was obliterated by an ungodly landslide following torrential flooding across the region on Wednesday. Video captured by security cameras perched on the mountainside show the horrifying moment when the wall of mud descended on the Gyirong Port facility, swallowing the six-story building whole as dozens of people run for their lives. Within seconds of the mudslide’s arrival, the six-story Gyirong…
BEIJING, August 27 (Xinhua) -- China State Grid Corporation has sent emergency electricity supply teams to the Gyirong Border Crossing in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region following a landslide in Nepal.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) determined that the event initially recorded on Wednesday as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Nepal was actually generated by a landslide, in the midst of a disaster that has left nearly a hundred dead.The Virginia-based USGS explained in an update at 02:52 GMT that an additional analysis of long-term seismic waves showed that seismic energy was not produced by an earthquake.The USGS updated the event to 5.2 magnit…
Surveillance images showed people trying to flee seconds before a devastating mud slide engulfed the Nepal-China border on August 26. Chinese President Xi Jinping urged “total” search efforts to locate the missing. He also called for a more robust monitoring and early warning system to prevent secondary disasters. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New York Post (@nypost) La entrada Viral: People flee for their lives while a massive la…
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