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China censors dramatic Tibet flood videos that have been seen around the world as death toll mounts

China's reconstruction efforts on its side of the border underscore the cross-border scale of the disaster, with Nepal's home minister Sudan Gurung confirming air is now being pumped to workers trapped underground.
China's reconstruction efforts on its side of the border underscore the cross-border scale of the disaster, with Nepal's home minister Sudan Gurung confirming air is now being pumped to workers trapped underground.
Rescuers were forced to halt pumping air to more than 100 workers trapped at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site after heavy overnight rainfall inundated the excavation area.
Rescuers were forced to halt pumping air to more than 100 workers trapped at the Trishuli 3A hydropower site after heavy overnight rainfall inundated the excavation area.

Beijing's state media has broadcast only a single still-frame from the torrent of floodwater that swept through Gyirong Port, while the full CCTV footage — which spread rapidly across global social media — remains nearly impossible to find on China's heavily censored internet. First-hand survivor accounts are even harder to locate, with hundreds confirmed dead and a comparable number missing since Wednesday. Xi Jinping convened an emergency meeting and launched a massive rescue operation, but Tibet's fraught political history with Beijing means the region's name alone triggers the country's censors.

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