Kerala fights back: Rescue operations underway in flood-hit state, 357 dead

Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century. (Photos: AP, PTI)

People carry water and other flood relief material to be sent to flood-affected areas in Thiruvalla.

ITBP personnel hold rescue and evacuation drive at flood-affected regions in Chengannur taluk of Alleppey on Saturday.

People carry flood relief material to be sent to flood-affected areas in Thiruvalla in Kerala.

People carry flood relief material to be sent to flood-affected areas in Thiruvalla in Kerala.

A family stranded with a dog ask for help from rescuers in a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala.

A volunteer throws a pack of bread towards a family stranded in a flooded area in Chengannur.

Volunteers reach out to stranded people with food supplies in a flooded area.

An Indian army soldier airdrops relief material for stranded people at a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala.

An Indian air-force helicopter on rescue mission flies through a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala, India, Sunday, Aug.19, 2018. Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century.

A volunteer asks for directions after rescuing stranded people from a flooded area.