Nepal ends flash flood search op; 5,000 including 180 Indians still missing. Nepal has ended its search and rescue operation for those missing after the August 26 flash floods that killed at least 1,455 people, officials said. At least 5,285 people, including over 180 Indians, remain missing. "We're moving from the search and rescue phase to the search and rehabilitation phase," Phanindra Paudel, chief of the National Emergency Operation Centre, told Reuters.