Chinese authorities say that 16 people have been confirmed dead and more than 540 remain missing in Tibet.
Chinese state media said that among the 546 people missing after Wednesday’s landslide, 261 are foreigners from 23 countries - including 15 British nationals.
Search and rescue teams are still combing through the mud and debris at the border but have so far found no survivors.
Gyirong Port is the main crossing point for tourists trekking from Kathmandu to the sacred Mount Kailish in Tibet.
Meanwhile the danger posed by a lake which formed amid the landslide debris appears to have subsided for now, however authorities say there is still a continued risk of further mudslides and have set up monitoring stations to alert rescue teams along the border.
Source: BBC
-Agencies
