Indian girls wade through flooded street during heavy rain showers in Mumbai
Mumbai - Tuesday's deluge in Mumbai - nearly a month's average rainfall in a single day - had halted train services and led to flight cancellations.
Published: Wed 30 Aug 2017, 11:46 PM
Updated: Thu 31 Aug 2017, 1:48 AM
Two toddlers were among 15 people killed in Mumbai after floods caused by heavy monsoon rains destroyed homes and disrupted traffic in India's financial capital, police said, but lighter-than-feared rain on Wednesday helped relief efforts.
Tuesday's deluge in Mumbai - nearly a month's average rainfall in a single day - had halted train services and led to flight cancellations.
More heavy rains had been forecast for Wednesday, forcing the government to order schools and colleges shut, but in many areas the downpours were lighter.
"The city and suburbs received a few showers in the last few hours but rainfall wasn't heavy like yesterday," said K.S. Hosalikar, a senior India Metrological Department official.
"However, in the next few hours Mumbai and adjourning areas are likely to get fairly widespread rainfall, which will be heavy in few pockets," said Hosalikar
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