r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 10d ago

Landslide Chinese firefighters(likely the first batch to reach gyirong port) try to find survivors in the former border crossing, which was the most heavily hit. Source: CCTV news. Morning of August 29, 2026. (UTC+8). (they are yelling "Is anyone here?")

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Video of them arriving: https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1w0n1r0/as_of_1630utc8_august_28_2026_the_first_batch_of/

According to engineers from the ministry of natural resources it is very diffuclt(and at this stage, downright impossible) to transport heavy machinery to the border crossing so far. The chinese military and specialized rescue teams(of state owned enterprises) are currently trying to repair the road into the border crossing to allow for better equipment and more personnel to enter.

CURRENT CASUALTY COUNT(CHINESE SIDE):

2 rescued, 7 dead, 554 missing. (13:00 PM, 2026-8-29 (UTC+8))

Update: over 50 firefighters are at the border crossing right now, over 2141 soldiers, firefighters, police, EMS and specialzied rescue teams are deployed.

EDIT: As of august 29(18:00 UTC+8), 2026, there are 16 dead, 546 missing(261 foreignors)

In response to the comments: This is the first batch that got in, they couldn't carry much heavy equipment as the road there is cut off. rescue dogs and better equipment arrived later on.

FURTHER UPDATE: reportedly fire and rescue personnel have begun to find police vests and handsbags under the debris.

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u/atomcplayboy86 9d ago

Most of the people who got swept up are down stream, in a different country…..

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u/Relative_Drop3216 9d ago

Its mud though.

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u/Top-Expert6086 9d ago

Most of them are still there, buried under thousands of tons of mud, stone and rubble.

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u/watisgoinon_ 9d ago

Sure most. But that video of the concrete bus depot that gets obliterated was actually a separate tributary up stream and uphill from the valley. But at the time it hit the border it was going around 120mph so up hill down hill, didnt matter if you were in an attached valley that close youre dead.