Men Risk Their Lives To Save Babies That Got Trapped In Their Houses During Rain Floods
A video that is viral on social media right now shows an Indian man risking his own life to save babies from rain floods in Bengaluru, India.
Visuals that were shared on the internet shows a number of men rescuing a newborn baby that got washed away during rain floods.
#Karnataka | On camera, men save babies as heavy rain floods streets pic.twitter.com/HHAiC3RAdF
— NDTV (@ndtv) October 24, 2020
It is just one of the very many pictures and videos that were surfaced from the city after the Silicon Valley of India was hit by heavy rain.
The video reportedly happened in the Hosakerehalli area, which is located in the outskirts of Bengaluru.
It shows a man carrying a 15-day old baby over his head and handing the child to a woman after saving it.
He then went toward another flooded house while he was being instructed to do such thing.
Not only that, the young men saved the life of a baby girl from another flooded house in South Bengaluru area.
Overnight rain flooded streets and forced people to evacuate their houses.
The city reportedly received 13.2 mm rain from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm on the evening of Friday.
Parts of Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Tumkur, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagara, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts faced flooding due to the rain.
According to official data, Karnataka has been hit by multiple spells of floods this year.
A total of ₹ 11,000 crore damages have been caused by the flooding in the state.
Officials have confirmed the data.
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