Over 2,500 rescuers deployed to mudslide-hit border port in China's Xizang

GYIRONG, Xizang -- China has deployed more than 2,500 rescue personnel after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region on Aug 26, the emergency response and rescue headquarters said on Sunday.

The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 6 pm Saturday, officials told a news conference.

As of 6 pm Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed to join rescue operations, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 metric tons of supplies, officials said.