In pictures: Chennai flooding

People travel on a boat as they move to safer places through a flooded road in ChennaiReuters

Tamil Nadu has been struggling to cope with flooding caused by the heaviest rainfall in a century

Houses are submerged in flood waters in Chennai, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015.AP

More than 260 people have been killed in the flooding

Indian army soldiers rescue a man from flood waters in Chennai, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015.AP

About 7,000 people have been rescued so far by the army and the National Disaster Response force

People walk through a flooded street in Chennai, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015AP

"There are people who haven't eaten for days. They have seen their possessions float away from the house," said an eyewitness

A member of a stranded family, center, gestures as National Disaster Response Force personnel in a boat arrive to rescue flood victims in ChennaiAP

Chennai, with a population of 9.6 million, was completely unprepared for the deluge

Volunteers rescue flood affected people on a country boat from a residential area in Chennai, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015AP

The federal weather office has predicted two more days of torrential rain

An aerial view of a partially submerged airplane is pictured in a flood affected area in Chennai, India, December 3, 2015Reuters

The region's biggest airport and large parts of Chennai city were submerged

Indian residents sit on wooden pallets in floodwaters in ChennaiAFP/Getty

Power supply was erratic after the city turned off electricity to prevent deaths by electrocution

A young flood victim reacts as she sits in a boat after being rescued in ChennaiAP

The government has set up 97 relief camps to provide food and shelter for about 62,000 people

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducting aerial survey of a rain hit area in ChennaiEPA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained by the devastation" he had seen