Record rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, in photos

Mumbai Brought To Standstill As Heavy Rains Lash City

When it rains in Mumbai, it doesn’t just pour — it drowns the city. Roads vanish under waist-deep water, trains grind to a halt, and airports turn into waiting rooms for stranded passengers. For millions of residents, life is on pause.Over the past four days, Mumbai has been lashed with more than 800mm of rainfall — far above the August average. The downpour has already claimed at least 21 lives across Maharashtra. The India Meteorological Depar…

Record rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, in photos

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The monsoon season has brought parts of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, to a halt.

Mumbai Rains Bring City to Standstill: Transport Disrupted, Hundreds Evacuated, CM Reviews Situation - Goemkarponn

Mumbai: Torrential rains lashed Mumbai for the second consecutive day, bringing the city to a halt with road, rail and air transport severely disrupted, and nearly 500 people evacuated from rising riverbanks. The city recorded close to 300 mm of rain in just 24 hours, prompting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to warn that the next 48 hours remain “critical.” A ‘yellow alert’ for heavy rainfall continues across Mumbai and its suburbs, the India …

Record rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, in photos - The Morning Sun

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The monsoon season has brought parts of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, to a halt. The disruption has hit local trains, a lifeline of the city’s transport system. Many areas are inundated with knee-deep water, forcing people to wade through the floods. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.