Rescue and relief work underway following flash flood in China’s Gansu
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Rescuers work at the flood-hit area in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, July 27, 2026. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Machinery cleans up silt at the flood-hit area in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, July 27, 2026. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows the flood-hit area in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Rescuers work at the flood-hit area in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, July 27, 2026. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Rescue vehicles are seen at the flood-hit area in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, July 27, 2026. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
A volunteer prepares food for flood-affected people at a temporary relocation site in Weiyuan County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, July 27, 2026. The flash flood, triggered by sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, on Sunday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead and 23 injured as of 6 p.m.
Some tourists were camping in the scenic area and were trapped after the flood burst out, local authorities said.
A total of 305 rescue personnel with 68 vehicles from the national comprehensive fire and rescue teams are conducting rescue operations at the site, according to the MEM.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
