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South Korea has dispatched an 11-member emergency response team to Nepal to assist in locating nine missing nationals working at a hydropower plant construction site. The workers disappeared during Wednesday's catastrophic flash floods and mudslides.
Nepal's capital descends into grief following a catastrophic August 26 flash flood that has claimed over 500 lives. Desperate families comb hospitals searching for missing relatives, while nine Singaporeans remain unaccounted for.
Nepal's disaster management authority confirmed 675 deaths from recent mudslides with nearly 2,500 people unaccounted for. Over 750 tourists have lost contact, including 589 foreigners, as rescue operations intensify across affected districts.
Nepal is mobilising international support following a devastating glacier-collapse flood that killed at least 626 people and left nearly 3,000 missing. The nation estimates reconstruction costs at $4-5 billion and has requested specialised technical expertise from foreign partners.
The family of Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa, a Malaysian firefighter missing in Nepal's recent flash floods and landslides, remains hopeful despite communication blackout. Two JBPM officers are among those uncontactable in the disaster.
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry has located two of 57 Malaysians missing after catastrophic flash floods and landslides in Nepal's Rasua district. Fifty-five remain unreachable as authorities struggle with damaged infrastructure and challenging terrain.