The water tower is the only remaining structure at Gyirong border gate after the flash flood

The water tower located on the mountainside is the only remaining structure at the Gyirong border gate on the China-Nepal border after the flash flood disaster.

Images released by Chinese central television station CCTV on the evening of August 31 showed a lonely water tower located higher on the mountainside, surrounded by several members of the rescue force. This is a tower-shaped structure used to store water at high altitude, to create pressure and provide water to the surrounding area.

According to CCTV, the water tower is the only structure remaining in the Gyirong border gate area after the flash flood on August 26. Satellite images taken before and after the disaster show that the infrastructure at this border gate was almost wiped out by floodwaters carrying ice, mud and water.

Emergency repair work in the area still faces many difficulties, excavators have difficulty moving and operating due to narrow road terrain. Continuous rains also cause landslides.

Because the winding terrain hinders radar technology, observation stations staffed with safety personnel have been set up at a distance of 10 meters per station.

In addition, long ladder ropes have also been installed to be ready in case workers need an emergency escape.

Nepal recorded 987 deaths and 3,916 missing people due to flash floods, while 11,814 people were rescued. On the Chinese side, at least 16 people were killed and 546 people are missing.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on September 1 that the country will send DNA identification experts to Nepal, along with DNA testing equipment, drones, water filtration equipment and many other essential supplies.

According to information from CNN, after many days lying on the riverbed, the condition of many bodies made identification difficult.

Nepalese rescue forces are also racing against time in treacherous conditions, using digging, drilling and blasting methods to clear obstacles to rescue about 100 hydropower workers believed to be trapped in many tunnels.