Human chain saves drowning man from Chennai floods – video

During the heaviest rainfall in more than a century in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, strangers form a human chain to save a drowning man on Tuesday in the state capital, Chennai. The prime minister, Narenda Modi, has blamed climate change for the flooding that has shut factories, paralysed air travel and force thousands to flee their homes

• Southern India hit by floods after heaviest rainfall in more than a century