All UAE flights to and from Cochin in the south of India have been suspended, following the shocking floods that have inundated the airport and surrounding areas.

Emirates sent out a statement on Wednesday confirming all its flights to and from Cochin are suspended or cancelled.

All flights are suspended until Saturday.

Due to severe flooding at Cochin (COK) International Airport, Emirates flights to/from Cochin have been cancelled until 18 Aug 18https://t.co/2YIuLdS42f

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— Emirates Support (@EmiratesSupport) August 15, 2018

The flood waters have been raging across the state of Kerala

This is exactly how the Cochin Airport looks like now. The walls surrounding have been demolished to clear the water. All operations there suspended #KeralaFloods pic.twitter.com/ijTE10ZTZ5

— Forum Keralam (FK) (@Forumkeralam1) August 15, 2018

The airport was flooded following the opening of the Idukki dam shutters

Scenes at Cochin Airport during the flooding #Keralarains #aviation pic.twitter.com/qAULB6Y6qa

— Arindam Majumder (@ari_maj) August 9, 2018

Aerial view of cochin today morning. .????????????????????#keralarains #KeralaFloods pic.twitter.com/WqmKkjo8a7

— krishna❤Sunil Grover???? (@krishnanair88) August 10, 2018

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