Kerala Flood: Life comes to a standstill in Kerala due to incessant rains

People trying to pull up a vehicle that got stuck in the mud at the flood affected Kannappankundu in Kozhikode. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)

Migrant worker Anburasen a native of Udumalpettu in Tamil Nadu shifting his belongings from his rented house at Eloor as water levels rose from the overflowing Periyar in the area. Nearly 11 Tamil families have shifted to the relief camp opened at Pathalam High School. (Photo |Albin Mathew/EPS)

A man checking the documents that he retrieved from his table after the flood at Kannappankundu in Kozhikode. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)

As the overflowing Periyar submerged nearby Municipality Colony Eloor a resident Murugan carries the precious drinking water wading through knee deep waters towards his half flooded home early on Friday. (Photo |Albin Mathew/EPS)

Partially destroyed houses at Kannappankundu after flood water caused major destructions in the area. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)

Sunil a resident of Kuttikattukara in Eloor which is deluged in the overflowing Periyar moves out with is television to a safer location as water levels continued to rise on Friday . (Photo |Albin Mathew/EPS)

The flood water has caused major destruction in Kannappankundu,Kozhikode. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)

People who came to see the flood affected areas standing dangerously closed to the collapsing side wall of the water stream at Kannappankundu in Kozhikode. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)

A JCB working out to clear the debris at Kannappankundu in Kozhikode after flood water caused major destructions in the area. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil/EPS)