South India floods leave three million cut off from basic services

Army moves thousands of stranded residents in Tamil Nadu after heaviest rains in more than a century as death toll reaches 269

Indian soldiers are moving thousands of residents from their homes in the southern city of Chennai as the number dead from flooding rose to 269.

More than 3 million people have been cut off from basic services. The floods have also hampered rescue efforts by the army, which has picked up 18,000 people from rooftops and outlying villages.