Chinese rescue teams are searching the ruins of the Gyirong border crossing with Nepal after a glacier collapse triggered a tsunami-like mudslide. Officials said 12 more bodies were recovered, with hundreds still missing.
Chinese officials said Sunday that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued for hundreds still missing after a tsunami-like mudslide destroyed China's main border crossing with Nepal. The mudslide followed the collapse of a glacier on the Nepal side of the border on August 26. Videos showed a black wave of water, mud and debris sweeping over the Gyirong border crossing with little warning. Rescue workers in orange uniforms used excavators, shovels and ground-penetrating radar to scour the now-buried site. News agencies visited the land port, which has become a symbol of the disaster's devastation.
Chinese rescue teams are searching the ruins of the Gyirong border crossing with Nepal after a glacier collapse triggered a tsunami-like mudslide. Officials said 12 more bodies were recovered, with hundreds still missing.
Chinese officials said Sunday that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued for hundreds still missing after a tsunami-like mudslide destroyed China's main border crossing with Nepal. The mudslide followed the collapse of a glacier on the Nepal side of the border on August 26. Videos showed a black wave of water, mud and debris sweeping over the Gyirong border crossing with little warning. Rescue workers in orange uniforms used excavators, shovels and ground-penetrating radar to scour the now-buried site. News agencies visited the land port, which has become a symbol of the disaster's devastation.