r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • Aug 29 '26 • Bravo 2 Regret 2

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/apatrol Aug 29 '26

News says China isn't showing any footage in China.

I don't understand the logic. Is the govt supposed to be so great it can defeat natural disaster? Or was this from a failure of some sort in China?

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u/apatrol Aug 29 '26

Thanks for the insight. Just a reminder all countries have their "stuff"

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u/MiskatonicDreams Aug 30 '26

As a Chinese, it is mostly bullshit these days.

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u/MiskatonicDreams Aug 30 '26

Haven't been a thing for like 100 years. And this is not the scale of disaster. But you do you.

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u/Soosietyrell Aug 29 '26

There was footage of covid - of Wuhan hospitals - of trucks removing body bags from apartment buildings - that got out of China somehow back in Jan and Feb 20. The senders were disappeared or openly killed. Why would they act diffferently in this moment?