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  • A mudslide that struck the China-Nepal border on Wednesday morning had left seven people dead and 554 others missing in Gyirong, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, as of 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to the region's emergency management department.

    The first rescue teams reached the disaster-hit port at around 4:30 p.m. on Friday – six firefighters from the Xizang Fire and Rescue Corps and 15 from the Sichuan Fire and Rescue Corps with a search and rescue dog.

    Rescuers said on Saturday morning that 1.8 kilometers of road remains to be cleared to reach Gyirong Port.

    The death toll from flash floods in Nepal has reached 675, with 2,426 others still missing as of Saturday afternoon, according to the local disaster authority.

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