Folder being searched is included in search results & can be deleted!

I don't know if this is a new problem, but it was potentially dangerous in my case.
I have a lot of log files with a specific extension in a folder mixed with a lot of other files. For examples sake, lets say .storage is the extension.
The folder that all of those files are in is also called Storage.
Well, I did a Finder search in the folder "Storage" for all the files in that folder with the .storage extension that I wanted to delete, and the top level folder "Storage" was mixed in with the search results. When I selected Command + A to selected them and delete them, the folder "Storage" was also deleted. The is dangerous because that also deleted all the other files in that folder.
Fortunately I caught that the folder was missing before I emptied the Trash! I think this needs to be fixed?

Hi Marc,
Key word in the search result is highlighted, we could refer to the highlight place to find the source.
Please go to Search Service Application and reset index, then full crawl related content source and see if it could be searched.
In addition, please post the screenshot of search result at your convenience.
Regards,
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