A group of locals held onto a tree all day to survive floods in central India's Madhya Pradesh on Sunday August 8.

Video of Sironj, in Vidisha district, show the entire village submerged in rising waters, filmed from the roof of a building.

During the incident a pair of men clung on to a 16-feet-tall (4.8m) tree for 24 hours to avoid being swept away. Later, rescuers arrived to save them.

Several locals were also stranded overnight, before being rescued by a team associated with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), who came by boat.

A group of locals held onto a 16-feet-tall tree to avoid getting swept away in flash floods in central India's Madhya Pradesh on August 8. The incident took place in Sironj, located in the Vidisha district.

Visuals feature the entire village turned upside down due to the flood's wrath. The streets get inundated while the rains batter the houses. Meanwhile, some locals remain stranded, struggling to survive. A pair of men cling onto a tree to avoid getting swept away in the gushing stream underneath. Later, a group of rescuers arrives at the spot to relieve the locals.

Several locals got stranded amid the flood due to the rising water level. The group, including a pregnant woman, struggled overnight, following which a team associated with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the spot and safely escorted them out on a boat. Moreover, a pair of men braved the storm by clinging onto a 16-feet-tall tree to survive.