555 stranded tourists evacuated from Tibet after mudslide

555 stranded tourists evacuated from Tibet after mudslide

/ 11:00 AM August 28, 2026
555 stranded tourists evacuated from Tibet after mudslide
An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Photo by AFP

BEIJING, China – Rescuers have evacuated 555 stranded tourists from Tibet after a devastating mudslide on the China-Nepal border, Chinese state media reported Friday.

State broadcaster CCTV said that 499 local residents, as well as 555 tourists, had been transported out of the disaster zone as of Friday morning. It did not specify the tourists’ nationalities./dp

READ: China warns of high flood risk from lake formed mudslide – state media

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