Rescuers race against time and odds in search of survivors at mudslide-hit Gyirong Port
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Rescuers and sniffer dogs search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Mu Dan/Xinhua)
A rescuer and his sniffer dog search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
A rescuer and his sniffer dog search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
A rescuer and his sniffer dog search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
A rescuer and his sniffer dog search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers and sniffer dogs search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Rescuers and sniffer dogs search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
A rescuer and his sniffer dog search for the missing at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
Rescuers operate a life detector at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Mu Dan/Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out search and rescue operations at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. Rescuers are racing against time and the odds in search of survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.
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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.…
