In Pics | Heavy rains wreak havoc in Mumbai

It literally came like a bolt from the blue as India’s business hub of Mumbai and its suburbs received 200-plus mm rainfall accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning in barely three hours past midnight as most people slept.25 people died in house collapses triggered by landslides following incessant overnight rains in Mumbai, which caused severe water logging and disruption of suburban train services and vehicular traffic in the financial capital on Sunday.

Waterlogging on a railway track due to heavy rain at Matunga area, in Mumbai, Sunday, July 18, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

Commuters wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rain at Dadar in Mumbai. Credit: PTI Photo

Commuters navigate through a waterlogged street as heavy rain continues at Santacruz- Chembur Link Road, in Mumbai. Credit: PTI Photo

Dark clouds are seen over a city skyline in Mumbai on July 17, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

Rescue workers search for survivors after a residential house collapsed due to landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Mumbai. Credit: Reuters Photo

Firemen and rescue workers in action after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur's Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide, in Mumbai. Credit: PTI Photo

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other rescue team personnel inspect the site of the landslide in a slum area where 18 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains. Credit: AFP Photo