Flood devastation: India's nightmare
An Indian rickshaw puller carries students through water-logged streets in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life out of gear with reports of water logging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. AFP
Indian rickshaw pullers carry students through water-logged streets in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life out of gear with reports of water logging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. AFP
Indian rickshaw pullers carry passengers through a flooded street in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life out of gear with reports of water logging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. AFP
Indian Police officials pull a boat hrough water-logged streets as others push a police vehicle in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life in this metropolis out of gear with reports of waterlogging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. Weathermen predicted that the rain, caused due to a depression off Andhra coast over Bay of Bengal, would continue for at least next 24 hours. AFP
Indian Police officials pull a boat through water-logged streets as they ferry residents to a safer place in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life in this metropolis out of gear with reports of waterlogging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. Weathermen predicted that the rain, caused due to a depression off Andhra coast over Bay of Bengal, would continue for at least next 24 hours. AFP
An Indian rickshaw puller carries a student through water-logged streets in Kolkata on October 26, 2013. Persistent rain for the last 24 hours has thrown normal life out of gear with reports of water logging at major arterial roads of the city which received 14 cm rainfall, the highest rainfall during the ongoing depression in eastern India. AFP