Local boatmen the heroes of flood rescues in India’s Kerala

August 21, 2018 11:04 PM

KOCHI/CHENGANNUR (REUTERS) – Divya G. clung to a floating banana plant, then used a rope to pull herself to safety through neck-deep water as floods inundated her home in southern India. After more than a day camped with her family on the upper floor of her neighbours two-storey house, they were spotted by a fishing boat and rescued.

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