PRAYAGRAJ, India – A man in northeastern India was caught on video carrying a baby over his head during heavy flooding in early August.
Video from Aug. 2 in Prayagraj in the state of Uttar Pradesh showed the man wading through debris-filled floodwater with a woman clinging to his back as he held a small baby in a blanket up over his head.
A man holds a baby over his head as he wades through heavy flooding in India.
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Uttar Pradesh and much of northeastern India have experienced several days of heavy rain since the beginning of August.
Parts of Uttar Pradesh received more than 10 inches of rain from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3, according to the India Meteorological Department.
India is in the thick of its summer monsoon season, which runs through September and brings a majority of the country’s rainfall each year.
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The man meets a second man in the flooding and hands him the baby.
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In the video, as the man continued walking through flooding, he meets another man and hands over the infant before following behind him, with the woman still clinging to his back.
The trio continued on through flooding when the video ends.
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The second man now holds the baby over his head, while the first man and the woman on his back follow behind him.
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Heavy rain continued across India for the first week of August, with parts of Uttar Pradesh getting more than 7 inches of rain in just 24 hours on some days, the India Meteorological Department reported.
