Elephant gets stuck in flooded Uttarakhand river, rescued later. Viral video

A clip showing an elephant stuck on a mud island in Gaula river in Nainital is doing rounds on social media.

For the past two days, the situation in Uttarakhand has been deteriorating as torrential rains triggered flash floods in several areas of the state. Reports of the collapse of a portion of a bridge in Haldwani due to the furious rise of the Gaula river have also surfaced. Visuals of water from the river flowing furiously and swiping away anything in its path have gone viral. Among such disturbing videos, one clip showing an elephant stuck on a mud island in Gaula river in Nainital is doing rounds on social media. When an #elephant stuck in a swollen river in #Uttarakhand ..But, ultimately it could cross over to forests..Wild animals have some amazing #adaptations to natural events.#uttarakhandrains pic.twitter.com/DjqhCa6ZJq

A video, shared on Twitter by IFS officer Surender Mehra, has left netizens in shock. In the clip, the elephant can be seen helplessly trying to find its way out from the flooded area.