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Thousands of people are trying to escape the devastating floods that have hit Chennai , fearing further heavy rain will cause more destruction.
After three days of heavy rainfall, floodwater have started to recede in parts of the city.
More than 7,000 people have been rescued but many are still stranded.
According to the Indian Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, at least 269 people have died as a result of the torrential downpours.
As the video shows, military helicopters dropped food to residents stranded on rooftops in Chennai, India’s fourth-largest city.
On Friday, the Defence Ministry doubled the number of soldiers deployed to help the rescue effort to 4,000.
Show all 20 1 /20In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Indian army soldiers rescue a man from flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 People use a water tank for flotation as they wade through flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 People travel on a boat as they move to safer places through a flooded road in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 A car is seen in the flood waters at a neighbourhood in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 A woman stands at a fenced gate of a partially submerged temple in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 People walk in flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 People stranded on a temple wait to be rescued from flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Indian policemen rescue people from flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes, schools and offices
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Displaced residents wade through a flooded street besides a flooded railway track in the flood-affected areas Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 A man sits in an auto-rickshaw
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Displaced residents cook their meal on a flooded roadside
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 National Disaster Response Force personnel rescue flood victims
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 An aerial view of a partially submerged airplane is pictured in a flood affected area in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 An aerial view shows a flood affected area in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Flood affected people queue up for food
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Indian army soldiers rescue flood affected people in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Volunteers rescue flood affected people on a country boat from a residential area in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 People carry children on their shoulders and wade through flood waters in Chennai
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In pictures: Severe flooding hits India 2015 Houses are submerged in flood waters in Chennai
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It has been reported that the surrounding Tamil Nadu area has experienced its heaviest rainfall in more than a century, with three days rainfall affecting housing, hospitals and transport.
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