Bengaluru Floods: Video Of Man Saving 15-Day-Old Baby From A Flooded Street Goes Viral
It shows a man carrying a 15-day-old baby above his head in shoulder-high water and handing the child to a woman. He is then seen wading towards another flooded house, accompanied by other men shouting instructions.
Bengaluru has been hit with heavy overnight rain many times over the past several days, leaving many areas waterlogged and disrupting traffic.
As various parts of the city have flooded, residents have been posting dramatic footage of damage and rescue, on social media. One such video is of a man saving an infant, carrying it out of a flooded house.
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The rescue video, now viral on social media, is claimed to be of Hosakerehalli area on Bengaluru's outskirts.
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It shows a man carrying a 15-day-old baby above his head, in shoulder-high water, and handing the child to a woman. He is then seen wading towards another flooded house, accompanied by other men shouting instructions.
#Karnataka | On camera, men save babies as heavy rain floods streets pic.twitter.com/HHAiC3RAdF
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According to an NDTV report, the same group of men saved another infant from a flooded home in south Bengaluru.
Many other videos of flooding in Bengaluru went viral after the city received 13.2 mm rain from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Friday.
WATCH: Heavy rain in various parts of Bengaluru. Roads waterlogged, traffic disrupted in several areas after heavy rain. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/MsbQepPGyy
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Rain on Friday evening in most parts of South Bengaluru. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/E8TEA864FI
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Some videos recorded by local residents shows a car floating in Gurudutta Layout near Hosakerehalli alongside Vrishabhavathi drain, during rain. Vehicles in the basement of some apartments and houses in the low-lying areas were also submerged.
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Traffic was disrupted on Mysuru Road, Silk Board junction, Hosur road, Bannerghatta road, Basavanagudi, Nayandahalli, RR Nagar, BG Road, Nayandahalli and other roads.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted thundershowers at most places over coastal Karnataka, south interior Karnataka and at isolated places over north interior Karnataka.
This year, Karnataka has been hit by multiple spells of floods which have led to losses of over ? 11,000 crore till now, according to the state government.
