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Nepal's catastrophic flooding has claimed over 500 lives following a Himalayan glacial collapse. Malaysia is working to account for 57 nationals in the disaster zone, with 55 remaining unreachable as of Friday afternoon.
A major search and rescue operation for dozens of people missing after the KMP Mutiara Sentosa II ferry caught fire in northern Madura waters has been escalated, with military warships and helicopters deployed alongside coast guard vessels.