No dry place to sit. No time for a proper break. Local militia members mobilized for flood relief in Fusui County, south China's Guangxi, were seen racing against time to reinforce a flood-control embankment as the threat persists. (Courtesy of Douyin @FusuiMediaCenter)
The first batch of emergency rescue forces, consisting of 141 people, has arrived in the border port of Gyirong, southwest China's Xizang on Thursday morning, after a mudslide struck the port on Wednesday.
Three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, among which 260 have been identified as foreign nationals, according to Norbu Tsering, the first commander of the on-site headquarters.