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A October 5 report by Lianhe Zaobao about the China-Nepal joint scientific expedition team traveling to Nepal to investigate the causes of the disaster and support the rebuilding of the Gyirong port noted that the casualty statistics it cited were still as of September 5.

According to official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reports, 43 deaths have been confirmed in the mudslide disaster at Gyirong Port, while 519 people remain missing; on the day the disaster occurred, there were only two survivors, both local villagers who escaped on their own, and the number of survivors has not increased many days after rescue operations began.

On September 5, Chinese Communist Party official media announced that Xiao Fugui, a police officer at the Gyirong port border inspection station, was driving to the port on the morning of August 30 when he spotted danger, did not reach the port and thus narrowly escaped death, and he filmed footage of the disaster; official media also promoted his remarks as one of the first team members to reach the core disaster area, tightly holding the five-star red flag.

The Global Times published an article accusing the US of making an unreasonable demand by seeking entry and exit records from the Gyirong port, claiming that infrastructure in the disaster area and personnel registration ledgers may have already been destroyed.

On the evening of September 3, 2026, the Global Times published an article criticizing the U.S. demand for border entry and exit records from the day of the Gyirong mudslide as deliberate obstruction, and claiming that the flood had already washed away the port's personnel registration ledgers.

For several consecutive days, the US Embassy in China has asked the Chinese side to provide updates on the search and rescue efforts for the Jilong mudslide, the identities of the victims, the situation of foreign nationals, and entry-exit records at the port. A Global Times article said this was unsettling, and the Chinese side also claimed that the port had been severely damaged and records could not be provided. BBC reported that electronic records in Nepal show that within less than ten minutes after the mudslide occurred, the registration details of people who had handled business there could be checked.

After the disaster, a rescue worker planted the five-star red flag at the original site of the joint inspection building at Gyirong Port, and related reports spread with slogans such as "The national flag flies, the national gate stands tall."

On the morning of September 2, 2026, official media reported that the section of National Highway 216 leading to the Gyirong port had basically been cleared, with large machinery entering the core area to carry out operations and search and rescue for the missing persons.

According to data released by the Chinese Communist Party, on September 2 the roads leading to the disaster area were all repaired and cleared; a total of 7 teams and more than 2,500 personnel, 500 vehicle sorties of search and rescue vehicles, and more than 9,000 sets of search and rescue equipment were deployed in the relief effort, with drones air-dropping 5.43 tons of supplies, of which the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police cumulatively deployed 500 person-times and 4 helicopter sorties.

On September 2, 2026, state media carried out patriotic propaganda at Tibet's Gyirong port, which was devastated by a mudslide, focusing on the flag-raising at the ruins of the destroyed joint inspection building and on the giant cliffside characters reading "I Love You, China" that had not collapsed.

During the critical first ten days of rescue work after the mudslide disaster at Gyirong Port, the Chinese Communist Party did not allow any international media to enter the disaster area to inspect and report; only afterward did a special office under the State Council organize and guide journalists and provide documents for their coverage.

China's professional rescue team arrived at the core area of the Jilong port more than 48 hours after the disaster occurred; officials subsequently said no more survivors had been found.

A netizen submission claims that a 32-member rescue team went missing while carrying out disaster relief at Gyirong Port, and subsequently arrived in a European country offering visa-on-arrival through international rescue channels.

On August 30, 2026, on-site reports showed that flood erosion marks in Gyirong, Tibet, reached approximately 60 meters high, with the river channel severely damaged, posing extreme difficulties for rescue and emergency response efforts.

Tibet police announced that 10 netizens, including Jiang and Liu, were punished for posting information about the mudslide disaster at the Gyirong port on the China-Nepal border.

Chinese authorities said that as of the evening of August 29, the mudslide at Gyirong Port had killed 16 people and left 546 missing, including 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries.

Nepal has reported that floods at the Gyirong border crossing have killed 626 people and left 2,426 missing, with 14,829 military, armed police and police security personnel participating in search and rescue operations.

On August 29, 2026, Nepalese authorities continued to release detailed lists of the dead and missing in cross-border flash floods as well as their hospital destinations, prompting public comparison and pointing out that, to date, the disaster at Tibet's Gyirong port has only reported total casualties and has not yet made public a specific list of individuals.

Chinese Communist Party official media reported that a barrier lake upstream of Gyirong Port overflowed, and mudslides could occur again; the forward command post ordered search and rescue teams to stop advancing toward the port.

The day after the debris flow, the Nepalese military deployed helicopters and about 2000 personnel for rescue, evacuating 449 people by helicopter that day.

About 26 hours after the disaster, two Chinese rescue helicopters arrived in the affected area; the Western Theater Command, the Tibet Military Region and the armed police dispatched a total of about 500 personnel, and drones were used to carry out disaster-relief-related work.

Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet was hit by a mudslide, damaging the China-Nepal border bridge, the joint inspection building, and surrounding warehouses, while roads, communications, and power were cut off.

After a netizen reposted footage and information about the mudslide at Gyirong port released by CCTV and the Xinhua News Agency, Weibo deemed it to contain "violating information of a political current-affairs nature," and the post was restricted to "visible only to oneself."

A major mudslide disaster occurred at the Gyirong Port in Tibet. Official reports state a very low death toll, but with over 500 people missing, it has sparked skepticism from the outside world regarding the concealment of casualty figures.

An Indian newspaper suggested that the mudslide at the Gyirong border crossing may have been triggered by the collapse of a reservoir built by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but the report did not specify whether the reservoir was located in China or in Nepal.

On August 26, 2026, a debris flow triggered by an ice-and-rock avalanche on the Nepal side struck the Gyirong port on the Tibetan side; as of 18:00 on August 29, the Chinese side reported 16 dead and 546 missing.

On the morning of August 26, a flash flood and mudslide originating in northern Nepal struck the China-Nepal border, washing away a dam under construction near Gyirong Port. Chinese authorities reported that evening that the disaster in Gyirong County had left 3 dead and 265 missing. China launched a national level II disaster relief response, and Tibet launched a level I response.

On August 26, 2026, a severe mudslide and flash flood suddenly struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet. As of the official report on the 27th, 3 people had been killed and 558 were missing, including 260 foreign nationals.

In August 2026, mudslides struck Tibet's Gyirong port and the Nepal border, heavily damaging Shafurubixi Town; the Shala Highway built by Tibet Tianlu was seriously damaged, and Chinese casualties remain unknown.

A sudden earthquake and large-scale mudslide natural disaster near Gyirong Port, on the border between China and Nepal, has caused serious missing persons and property losses, drawing outside attention to local rescue efforts and human environmental factors.

A flash flood struck Gyirong County in Tibet at 10:30 a.m., and 45 minutes later the floodwaters swept across the Bhotekoshi River area inside Nepal, hitting facilities at Rasuwagadhi and the Gyirong border crossing.

The Jilong port building was reported to have been razed to the ground; at the search and rescue site, a mud-caked rabbit doll was seen emerging from the silt, and the related footage was reported by Chinese media.

A previously posted video of a motorcycle trip clearing the Gyirong border crossing drew netizen attention after a landslide disaster in Tibet, with the comment section expressing concern over the disaster and the fate of those missing.

A female blogger from Shandong filmed street scenes at the Gyirong border port, with footage showing rows of shops and crowds of people; a month later the area was destroyed by a mudslide.

A glacial lake outburst struck the Gyirong border crossing, the Dongling Zangbo River swelled sharply, 17 people went missing on both the Chinese and Nepalese sides, and the "Friendship Bridge" on the China-Nepal border was washed away.