Rain, Risks of More Floods Complicate Chinese Rescue in Tibet Mudslide
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After the flood, many journalists travelled to Nepal. However, from Tibet controlled by China, only sparse information is available about Chinese state media. By E. Lamby-Schmitt, ARD Shanghai.
Over 2,000 rescue workers deployed in China's Xizang
Seven people had been killed, and 554 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued as of 1 am on Saturday after a mudslide struck the Gyirong Port along the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to the region's emergency management department. A total of 2,141 rescue workers and 86 specialists from natural resources and other relevant fields have been deployed to the disaster area. Wit…
The mud flow that hit Nepal and southern Tibet is a reminder of the importance of the latter region to the Chinese state, at the crossroads of security, trade and resources issues"Thirteen research dogs, 47 multi-functional detection drones, 3D laser scanners, excavators, Mi-171-type helicopters, etc." While relief flows very hard to Jilong County – Gyirong in Tibetan – where the greatest number of Chinese-side victims are to be feared, the nati…
How do newly released 3D images explain the Gyirong mudslide?
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released three-dimensional imagery showing the area around Gyirong Port on the Chinese side of the China-Nepal border before and after a major mudslide, offering a detailed view of the disaster's source, path and impact.
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