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Nepal is holding off on accepting search and rescue aid from additional countries as it evaluates the scale of damage from catastrophic flooding. Malaysia has offered SMART deployment support.
Indonesia has deployed military and civilian vessels including the TNI warship KRI Bung Hatta-370 to search for dozens missing after the KMP Mutiara Sentosa II ferry caught fire in Madura waters. Two hundred twenty-nine survivors have been evacuated.
Ten climbers, including celebrated Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, remain missing after an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region. Pakistani and international rescue teams are mobilising to locate the climbers swept approximately 1,000 metres downhill.