THIS is the harrowing moment rocks thundered down a mountainside in China before crashing into a river at a tourist hotspot.
Footage shows people fleeing for their lives as rocks crumble behind them down a steep slope, creating a massive cloud of dust.
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Debris is then shown pouring towards Jinsha River underneath as scared visitors continue to run away.
A second clip filmed from further away reveals the scale of the collapse in the water.
The incident happened at 10.30am on Tuesday beside the Shangri-La Tiger Leaping Gorge scenic area in Yunnan Province, famous for one of the deepest canyons in the world.
A tour leader told local media that another landslide took place four hours later and lasted for about four minutes.
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“It happened beside the scenic area and did not affect the attraction,” they said.
“This is already the third time recently that it has happened, and I have not seen any casualties.”
The guide said rockfalls had also occurred at the same location on July 30 and in mid-August.
The local tourism management company said the point where the rocks fell was around 600 metres from the area open to tourists.
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No injuries were reported and no visitor facilities were damaged, it added.
Staff at the Tiger Leaping Gorge attraction confirmed that a collapse had taken place outside the scenic area – but said the site was continuing to operate as usual.
The attraction had temporarily shut from July 31 after prolonged rainfall increased the risk of rockfalls and landslides on some slopes.
A separate Tiger Leaping Gorge attraction in nearby Lijiang was also hit by heavy rain and flooding in July, when tourists were evacuated and parts of the site were closed.
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While the Yunnan Province is located around 900 miles from the border with Nepal, fears are rising about the scale of landslides.
The repeated incidents come amid the catastrophic flash floods that swept through the rugged China-Nepal border on August 26.
In Tibet, an autonomous region that China annexed in 1951, the state said 16 people were killed, while 546 are still missing, including 261 foreigners, as of Sunday.
The People’s Republic has largely imposed a digital crackdown following the devastation, so the number of fatalities is expected to be much higher.