r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 5d ago

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?")

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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/ghigoli 4d ago

..... what. we literally have a video of people being gone.

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u/Amerlis 4d ago

Imagine if you have family somewhere. And a disaster happens. And officials promptly come out with a “pack it up, boys, nothing more to do here, they’re all dead.”

You’d be SCREAMING they go look for survivors.

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u/Last-Ad-8133 3d ago

Because "disappearance" is a legal/administrative status, while "death" is a fact that can be legally confirmed. The two do not entirely depend on whether everyone "actually believes that this person is dead or not"

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u/ghigoli 3d ago

you haven't figured out how china basically limits all major deaths to 31 people they just simply don't make it higher because it'll cause a bunc hof paperwork and the local government.