Nepal floods: Many of those swept away aren't officially dead, leaving families in limbo — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nepal-floods-many-of-those-swept-away-aren-t-officially-dead-leaving-families-in-limboContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Nepal Flood Search Ends With Thousands Missinghttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nepal-floods-many-of-those-swept-away-aren-t-officially-dead-leaving-families-in-limbohttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nepal-floods-many-of-those-swept-away-aren-t-officially-dead-leaving-families-in-limbo#u114351Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:37:00 +0000Nepal has officially ended search and rescue operations following devastating floods, leaving nearly 5,300 people still unaccounted for. Families of the missing face an administrative nightmare because the law requires a 12-year wait to presume someone dead without a body. This legal barrier prevents relatives from obtaining death certificates, blocking essential access to compensation and inheritance. Mourning families gathered at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu to perform last rites using symbolic grass effigies since bodies could not be recovered.Why it mattersA deadly flood tore thro