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Kyirong Port in Tibet lies in ruins after floods

9 Sep 2026, 01:26 GMT By Radio Free Asia
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As Chinese officials raised the official death toll from the Nepal-Tibet mudslide to 43 on Saturday, a Tibetan resident told RFA on Sunday that 26 people died in Risur village, Kyirong county, alone, where the Kyirong (Gyirong in Chinese) border post is located.