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Open Image ModalRescuers lift a child onto a truck as they evacuate people from a residential area that was flooded following heavy rains in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, on Nov. 16, 2015. Incessant rains that lashed the city since Saturday night flooded several parts of Chennai. (credit:Arun Sankar K/Associated Press)
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Open Image ModalIndian rescue workers on a boat move people to safety amid water-logged houses in a flooded suburb of Chennai on Nov. 17, 2015. India has deployed the army and air force to rescue flood-hit residents in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where at least 71 people have died in a week of torrential rains. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWater-logged houses are pictured in a flooded suburb of Chennai on Nov. 17, 2015. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian Army personnel rescue flood-affected people during their relief operations in rain-hit areas on the outskirts of Chennai on Nov. 17, 2015. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian couple shelter under an umbrella as they walk with their child through floodwaters inundating Egmore Hospital in Chennai on Dec. 1, 2015, during a downpour of heavy rain in the southern Indian city. Heavy rains pounded several parts of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and inundated most areas of Chennai, severely disrupting flights, train and bus services and forcing the postponement of half-yearly school exams. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian rescue workers and volunteers use an inflatable boat to take residents through floodwaters in Chennai on Dec. 1, 2015. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian laborer pushes his cycle trishaw through floodwaters in Chennai on Dec. 1, 2015. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRescuers try to evacuate a man stranded in the floods by an overflowing Adyar River in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Dec. 2, 2015. Weeks of torrential rains have forced the Chennai airport in southern India to close and have cut off several roads and highways, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded in their homes, government officials. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA man carries a dog and wades through a flooded street in Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian residents attempt to push a vehicle through floodwaters as others wade past in Chennai on Dec. 2, 2015. India has deployed troops to Tamil Nadu and closed the main airport there after heavy rains worsened weeks of flooding that has killed nearly 200 people in the southern coastal state. Thousands of rescuers carrying diving equipment, inflatable boats and medical equipment were battling to evacuate victims across the flooded state, officials said. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian rescue personnel and police officials paddle an inflatable boat through floodwaters as they evacuate residents in Chennai on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA woman and children are rescued on a boat from a flooded Kotturpuram area in Chennai, India, on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:R Senthil Kumar/Press Trust of India/Associated Press)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian family wade through floodwaters in Chennai on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPeople wade through a flooded street in Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian bystanders and travelers gather as floodwaters lap at the end of a highway in Chennai on Dec. 2, 2015. (credit:STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)