WorldChina-Nepal Border Mudslide Fully Unpacked: What Exactly Happened

At 10:52 a.m. Beijing time on August 26, a glacier collapsed in the Himalayas. Six to seven minutes later, the resulting ice-rock avalanche flattened Gyirong Port in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region before surging into Nepal. With roads gone and the river blocked, Chinese rescuers used land, air and water routes to reach the port.

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