Kathmandu, Sept. 13 -- The search for people still missing after the Rasuwa floods is continuing, with rescuers from the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police combing through mud, collapsed buildings, debris-strewn riverbanks and tunnels.

But they are not relying on human eyes alone.

Trained search dogs are also being used to scour the disaster zone. One of them, Samba, a Labrador brought to Nepal from India and trained to detect the scent of human remains, has helped rescuers locate around 20 bodies.

Samba is part of the Armed Police Force's K-9 unit, whose trained dogs have been working in the flood-hit areas since August 26. Their job is to identify places where people may be buried beneath soil or rubble and alert the te...