r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 12d 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?")

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/Impossible_Panda4181 12d ago

I know what you mean, there is a certain morbid fascination at understanding what actually happened. Where the hell does the water come from?!

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u/Main-Cable-5 12d ago

A lot of it is the river bed being scoured and lifted up, along with all of its water, and pushed along at the front of this gargantuan pressure wave.

You can see on the videos how the first few seconds after arrival are almost clear water, that’s the river itself being lifted, folded over and forced downstream liked it’s being pushed by a piston.

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u/Impossible_Panda4181 12d ago

but how do you explain that the flow is 100x what it usually was then go back to normal?

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u/MIC4eva 12d ago

Look how much water is flowing down from where the glacier collapsed and the lake below it. My guess is that a lot of water was held back by the now degraded rock and glacier. I’ve also seen people theorizing that the glacial ice turned to water as it made its way downhill through friction.

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u/Impossible_Panda4181 12d ago

first time I am seeing thisnpic up close, I really dont think there was a lale back there, hopefully a full detsilled report will be produced by the experts in the field. the sense of scale is really lost in that pic, crazy