Kerala floods: Swimming against the tide, they saved countless lives
(WorldNews India)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fishermen, who are used to battling adverse weather conditions, had to tap their full potential in different floodaffected areas of Kerala during rescue efforts. Despite facing varying water levels in completelyunknown places, they banked on their skills and luck to bring survivors back to safety. One of the teams from Valiyaveli centred their operations at Edayaranmula. `The weather was so bad but we couldn´t wait as the extent of disaster, we saw, was shocking. Often boats veered off course and we had to rein them in by holding on to rubber tree branches and sometimes even electric lines. We could rescue so many people including a person with an oxygen cylinder,` said...