Chinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead

A Chinese rescue team has reached the all-but-obliterated Gyirong border crossing complex for the first time and found “nothing but ruins” as Nepal and China continue their arduous rescue operations in the flood-hit Himalayas.

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