An aerial drone photo shows road clearance and repair operations underway at the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 2, 2026. Road access to the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region was basically restored at 10 a.m. Wednesday after days of round-the-clock repair work on the damaged G216 national highway. Rescue teams, relief supplies and some rescue equipment have entered the core rescue area via the road, rescuers said. (Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

GYIRONG, Xizang, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead and 541 others remain missing as of Wednesday noon after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Aug. 26, according to the regional government's latest news briefing.