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Rescue teams work non-stop to reopen landslide-hit highway to Gyirong border gate in Xizang

Rescue teams use heavy machinery to reopen landslide-hit highway to Gyirong border gate in Xizang.

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A landslide has hit the main highway leading to the Gyirong border gate in Xizang, southwest China. [1] Approximately 4,500 people remain missing six days after the glacier collapse, including 3,916 in Nepal and 546 in the Tibet Autonomous Region. [2] The provisional death toll from the landslide in the Himalayas exceeded 1,000, with 987 victims in Nepal and 16 in China. [3] A catastrophic landslide on the border between Nepal and China has resulted in a total death toll of 1,003 people, with 987 deaths reported in Nepal and 16 in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. [4] Rescue teams are using heavy machinery to clear the highway. [5] Authorities in Nepal authorized the burial of the first victims on Sunday due to sanitary concerns, without waiting for formal identification. [6] Rescue teams are searching several tunnels in Nepal where up to 100 workers employed on dam construction projects may have taken refuge. [7] Hundreds of foreign nationals were affected, with 583 missing in Nepal and 261 in Tibet representing 30 and 23 nationalities respectively, including citizens from India, the United States, Ukraine, Malaysia, Australia, and the United Kingdom. [8] The disaster was caused by the descent of a massive mass of ice and debris from the Himalayas, which destroyed homes and isolated communities. [9]
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  1. A landslide has hit the main highway leading to the Gyirong border gate in Xizang, southwest China. · hmetro.com.myMalaysia
  2. Approximately 4,500 people remain missing six days after the glacier collapse, including 3,916 in Nepal and 546 in the Tibet Autonomous Region. · El Economista
  3. The provisional death toll from the landslide in the Himalayas exceeded 1,000, with 987 victims in Nepal and 16 in China. · El Economista
  4. A catastrophic landslide on the border between Nepal and China has resulted in a total death toll of 1,003 people, with 987 deaths reported in Nepal and 16 in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. · lanacion
  5. Rescue teams are using heavy machinery to clear the highway. · hmetro.com.myMalaysia
  6. Authorities in Nepal authorized the burial of the first victims on Sunday due to sanitary concerns, without waiting for formal identification. · El Economista
  7. Rescue teams are searching several tunnels in Nepal where up to 100 workers employed on dam construction projects may have taken refuge. · El Economista
  8. Hundreds of foreign nationals were affected, with 583 missing in Nepal and 261 in Tibet representing 30 and 23 nationalities respectively, including citizens from India, the United States, Ukraine, Malaysia, Australia, and the United Kingdom. · lanacion
  9. The disaster was caused by the descent of a massive mass of ice and debris from the Himalayas, which destroyed homes and isolated communities. · lanacion
The one we could place publishes from Malaysia. 2 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.
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