As of 16:00 on July 21, the flash flood and mudslide disaster that occurred in Malie Township, Hanyuan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, had caused 10 deaths, with 29 people still missing.

At around 2:30 a.m. on the 20th, a flash flood and mudslide disaster triggered by heavy rain struck Xinhua Village, Malie Township, damaging some houses and roads.

After the disaster, local search and rescue forces carried out search and rescue operations in the affected village groups using equipment such as drones, excavators, underwater detectors, and emergency mechanized bridges, and also used life detectors, search dogs, and other means to conduct search and rescue in villagers' residential areas and downstream sections along the river.

"In mudslide disasters, missing people are buried by rocks and mud, making them very difficult to find," Li Jinke, an assistant officer of the News and Publicity Division of the Sichuan Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps, told reporters on the afternoon of the 21st at the Xinhua Village resettlement site. He said that on that day the fire and rescue forces deployed a total of 115 people and 9 search dogs.

Reporters saw at the scene that day that Groups 3 and 4 of Xinhua Village were relatively severely affected, with many riverside houses crushed or even swept away by the mudslide, and the riverbed strewn with huge rocks washed down from upstream. Villager Wang Chaojin said, "In decades, I have never seen a flood this big."

At present, 412 people threatened by the disaster have been safely relocated, and food, drinking water, and other daily necessities are sufficient at the resettlement sites. Since the disaster occurred, local authorities have treated a total of 15 injured people, none of whom are in life-threatening condition, and 5 of them have left the hospital after treatment.

The Sichuan Provincial Department of Transport disclosed that as of 16:00 that day, the national, provincial, and county roads leading to the disaster area had all been reopened to traffic. Among the two township roads and two village roads not yet reopened, the Dagou Bridge on Township Road Y104 has been reopened.

Meteorological information shows that from the evening of the 21st to the daytime of the 23rd, Ya'an urban area, Hanyuan County, and Malie Township will see frequent showers or thunderstorms, mainly light rain. From the evening of the 23rd to the daytime of the 24th, Ya'an urban area will have torrential rain, while Hanyuan County and Malie Township will have heavy rain, with localized torrential rain.

At present, Sichuan has established a provincial steering group for the "7·20" flash flood and mudslide disaster, responsible for supervising and guiding personnel search and rescue, hazard elimination, evacuation and risk avoidance, and aftermath handling.