Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A barrier lake formed after the devastating mudslide near Xizang's Gyirong Port on Wednesday poses high risk of breaching as water continues to flow in, warned China's Ministry of Water Resources.
The ministry held a meeting over the barrier lake's rising water level on Thursday.
By Thursday morning, the lake held an estimated two million cubic meters of water and was already overflowing. And another three million cubic meters of water are expected to flow in over the next three days.
A rescue detachment from Lhasa, the regional capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, surveyed the mudslide site on Thursday and confirmed that while the mudslide area has not expanded, the lake surface continues to grow.
The ministry is closely monitoring the barrier lake while modeling potential floods to guide emergency rescue efforts.
"Considering there will be light to moderate rain around the Gyirong Port area in the coming week, the inflow to the barrier lake is estimated about 15 cubic meters per second, while the water volume is still increasing and the risk continues to grow," said Zhu Jinfeng, a second-level investigator with the ministry's hydrology department.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County on Wednesday morning.Three people had been killed, and 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued as of 08:00 on Thursday.
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A barrier lake formed after the devastating mudslide near Xizang's Gyirong Port on Wednesday poses high risk of breaching as water continues to flow in, warned China's Ministry of Water Resources.
The ministry held a meeting over the barrier lake's rising water level on Thursday.
By Thursday morning, the lake held an estimated two million cubic meters of water and was already overflowing. And another three million cubic meters of water are expected to flow in over the next three days.
A rescue detachment from Lhasa, the regional capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, surveyed the mudslide site on Thursday and confirmed that while the mudslide area has not expanded, the lake surface continues to grow.
The ministry is closely monitoring the barrier lake while modeling potential floods to guide emergency rescue efforts.
"Considering there will be light to moderate rain around the Gyirong Port area in the coming week, the inflow to the barrier lake is estimated about 15 cubic meters per second, while the water volume is still increasing and the risk continues to grow," said Zhu Jinfeng, a second-level investigator with the ministry's hydrology department.
The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County on Wednesday morning.Three people had been killed, and 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued as of 08:00 on Thursday.
#China #Xizang #Tibet #Gyirong #Nepal #Mudslide #Disaster #Rescue #BreakingNews
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