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Updated Aug 19, 2018 - Science

In photos: The Indian floods that have killed hundreds

Khorri Atkinson
Aerial view of flooded area in the north part of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala on Saturday. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

An aerial view of flooded area in the north part of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala on Saturday. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

More than 350 people have been killed and thousands are still stranded by historic flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, per the BBC, as a result of relentless monsoon rains.

The big picture: The massive floods paralyzed the region's infrastructure, perhaps most dramatically illustrated by the scene at Cochin International Airport, the fourth-largest in India, with floodwaters up to the wings of jets still parked there.

Trucks carrying the boat for the rescue operation during flood at Pandalam, on August 17, 2018 in district Pathanamthitta, India. Photo: Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Trucks carry a boat for rescue operations during the flooding at Pandalam. Photo: Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
An Indian man watches marooned houses on the outskirts of Kozhikode district, in the south Indian state of Kerala. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian man watches marooned houses on the outskirts of Kozhikode district, in the south Indian state of Kerala. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
The carcass of a cow lies on the side of a road where an elderly woman is carried to safety from the Kerala floodwaters. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
View of a flooded area in the north part of Kochi. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
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