International media visits Gyirong Port disaster site

International media visited the core disaster area of mudslide-hit

Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border this past weekend.

Reporters from the US, UK, Russia, India, Pakistan, Singapore

and Brazil were among media representatives seeing

the recovery operation first hand on the Chinese side of the border.

At least 43 people died and 519 remained missing at the border port

as of Saturday evening.

More than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed

for the rescue.