+MANDATORY ON-SCREEN CREDIT: INDIAN AIR FORCE+<br /><br />Ten fishermen were rescued from a boat that was overturned by Cyclone Ockhi. <br /><br />The intense cyclonic storm has wreaked havoc on parts of India since December 1.<br /><br />A dramatic video shows an Indian Air Force chopper hoisting the men to safety from the capsized boat that was adrift in the Arabian sea. <br /><br />Indian officials have launched a massive operation to rescue fishermen, who had strayed into deep sea, when the cyclone struck. <br /><br />They rushed to help the 10 fishermen in the video after receiving a distress call and found them 20 nautical miles off coast, between the shoreline of Kanyakumari and Trivandrum.<br /><br />The men were found clinging to the small boat as an Indian Air Force Mi17v5 chopper arrived to pluck them from choppy waters to safety.<br /><br />A civilian official of Kerala government, who is part of the rescue effort, said: “The men were extremely lucky as the weather condition improved a little. ... That helped them last a few hours after their boat capsized.” <br /><br />According to Indian officials, 39 people have lost their lives so far and nearly 175 fishermen gone missing due to the Cyclone Ockhi.<br /><br />Rescue operations are underway to move the affected people to safety and supply relief materials.
