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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel transport children and elderly people in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, in Kerala, on August 19, 2018. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry a dinghy during a rescue operation for flood victims in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Rescue personnel carry animals and elderly people to safety from flood waters during a rescue operations at Mala village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel plan a rescue mission in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Vehicles lie abandoned at a car showroom and service station after flood waters receded at Chalakudi Taulk in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Vehicles lie abandoned at a car showroom and service station after flood waters receded at Chalakudi Taulk in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel ferry children and eldery in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel transport children and elderly people in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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The carcass of a cow lies on the side of a road where an eldery woman is carried to safety from flood waters during a rescue operation by Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Cattle nudges the carcass of another cow lying dead on the side of a road while a family waits for relief following floods at Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Rescue personnel carry animal and elderly people to safety from flood waters during a rescue operation in Mala village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load water aid to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel transport children and elderly people in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, in Kerala, on August 19, 2018. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry a dinghy during a rescue operation for flood victims in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Rescue personnel carry animals and elderly people to safety from flood waters during a rescue operations at Mala village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel plan a rescue mission in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Rescue officials belonging to state and central authorities discuss their rescue plans for flood victims at Mala village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Vehicles lie abandoned at a car showroom and service station after flood waters receded at Chalakudi Taulk in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Vehicles lie abandoned at a car showroom and service station after flood waters receded at Chalakudi Taulk in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel ferry children and eldery in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel transport children and elderly people in a dinghy through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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The carcass of a cow lies on the side of a road where an eldery woman is carried to safety from flood waters during a rescue operation by Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Cattle nudges the carcass of another cow lying dead on the side of a road while a family waits for relief following floods at Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Rescue personnel carry animal and elderly people to safety from flood waters during a rescue operation in Mala village in Thrissur District, Kerala. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load water aid to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load aid packets to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad. AFP
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Clothing and dry food drives are being organised across the country to help those who were forced to flee their homes due to flooding
The National
27 August, 2018
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