#KeralaFloods2018 #OPRAHAT @IndiaCoastGuard Team rescued 127 marooned people from the flooded homes of East… https://t.co/nZBoBlqgnq — Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) 1534610863000

#KeralaFloods2018 #OPRAHAT @IndiaCoastGuard .The Goal is Rescue-and is the major focus for the day @IndiaCoastGuard… https://t.co/hVMyokmQTY — Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) 1534613633000

#KeralaFloodRelief efforts: The video shows the @IndiaCoastGuard performing a winching operation in Aluva city aft… https://t.co/nbTtrroC2N — Raksha Mantri (@DefenceMinIndia) 1534601315000

#Update #KeralaFloods 2018. A column of 8 Engr Regt led by Lt Anshu Mali rescued 256 civilians including 3 pregnant… https://t.co/bF1hyTAznr — ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) 1534591057000

Rescue operation by #NDRF team in Pandanadu village in Chengannur taluk of Alappuzha district, in Kerala. https://t.co/L7usBNViX3 — NDRF (@NDRFHQ) 1534605859000

IAF helicopters winched & evacuated the stranded people & children from the roof top and safely dropped at various… https://t.co/2RwZ5D7epy — Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) 1534579046000

IAF Garud Commando carried out rescue operations by winching children from the roof top & evacuated in IAF helicopt… https://t.co/RGNP6Yha8A — Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) 1534578061000

#KeralaFloodRelief :Wg Cdr Prasanth of Garud Spl Force of IAF saved a toddler from rooftop in flood hit town of Ala… https://t.co/7TTrtLW6j6 — Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) 1534653644000

#IndiaForKerala Army jawans rescue ops in progress. Using their call signs that of a bird to alert people. Peopl… https://t.co/OAuNmNeFLN — Oxomiya Jiyori🇮🇳 (@SouleFacts) 1534656958000

(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Coast Guard was involved in a precarious rescue operation when its personnel helped evacuate a 10-day-old child in Kerala's Kadungalloor town on Saturday.In a video, tweeted by the Coast Guard, two personnel can be seen perilously carrying the baby on a ledge of the first floor of a flooded house. The child was safely transferred to the boat waiting at the edge of the ledge as the two personnel headed back to rescue the parents of the child.In another video, a Coast Guard personnel was seen wading against the ferocious flow of water to establish contact with marooned people on the other side.The Coast Guard tweeted another video where it winched a child to safety from the roof of his house. The child was spotted waving for help from the rooftop by the chopper.Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been asked to mobilize additional manpower, boats and helicopters to scale up the rescue and relief operations. Food packets and drinking water are also being rushed.Hundreds of people have been winched to safety by 38 helicopters deployed for search and rescue operations in the state, which has a population of more than 33 million.On Saturday, a column of 8 Engrs Regt led by Lieutenant Anshu Mali of Army rescued 256 civilians including three pregnant women from Chalakudy areas.The NDRF too has been at the forefront of relief operations in the state. NDRF personnel have helped evacuate hundreds of people from their flooded homes using rescue boats.Air Force choppers too conducted several sorties to evacuate several stranded people and children to safer locations.IAF's Garud Commandos were seen in action as well. In a daring operation, the Commandos winched an entire family to safety from the rooftop of their flooded house.In Alappuzha, Wing Commander Prasanth of Garud Special Force saved a mother and her child from a flooded house.In a video posted on Twitter, Army jawans could be seen using call signs to find stranded people as they manoeuvred a boat filled with other rescued people across a flooded street.Indian Navy, as part of its Operation Madad, has scaled up its operation to meet the increasing requests for rescue from more parts of flood-hit Kerala. Southern Naval Command (SNC) rescue teams have been augmented by Gemini boats, divers and other resources from both Eastern and Western Naval Commands of the Indian Navy.On the tenth day of Operation Madad, which was August 18, a total number of diving teams deployed is 72, which have been distributed to multiple locations. Eight newly inducted teams were sent out to various locations to augment those already in place. 42 teams with one Gemini boat each are deployed in Ernakulam district at various places.So far over 50,000 people have been rescued in different parts of the state. Over 3.53 lakh affected persons had been lodged in over 2,000 relief camps.