Large numbers of heavy machines have now reached the site in Gyirong where the Chinese border inspection complex once stood, along with equipment to reinforce search operations, says state broadcaster CCTV.

Update: Mudslide rescue efforts intensify in Xizang as death toll rises to 16, with 546 missing-

Chinese rescue crews are battling rockfalls, landslides and fast-flowing water to clear the flood-damaged G216 highway leading to the Gyirong border port in Xizang. Heavy…