Pictures: Heavy rains, floodwaters bring India to a grinding halt

Heavy rainfall have killed more than 100 people as floodwaters submerged major cities

Last updated: September 30, 2019 | 16:38

Nathaniel Lacsina

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People are rescued in a tractor from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Patna.

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Patna: Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi (extreme right, in grey shirt) and his family members being rescued by a SDRF team from his flooded residence at Rajendra Nagar, in Patna.

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Police officials relocate prisoners from the flooded premises of district jail, located near River Ganga, in Ballia.

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Patna: An elderly person being rescued from a flood-affected colony at Rajendra Nagar in Patna.

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Houses are inundated with floodwaters in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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An Indian man wades through a street inundated with flood waters after heavy rainfall in Hyderabad, India.

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Boys stand by an autorickshaw in a flooded street in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Nation Disaster Response Force (NDRF) workers rescue an elderly patient from flood-affected area of Bahadurpur following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Patna.

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Residents wade throw flooded Arya Kumar road following heavy monsoon rain, in Patna.

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Residents ride a municipality earth-mover through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rain, in Patna.

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Peoples sit on a makeshift boat to cross the flood-affected area of Sakha Maidan following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Patna.

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Flood waters surround houses on the banks of the river Ganges in Prayagraj, India.

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Flood-affected residents look on from their home at Bahadurpur area, in Patna.

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Vehicles are piled up on a street after a flash flood following heavy rains, in Pune.

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Floodwaters surround the areas by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India.

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