Mumbai Rains
Mumbai will usually hit by the monsoon Between June and September, the south west monsoon rains lash the city. Pre-monsoon showers are received in May. Occasionally, north-east monsoon showers occur in October and November. The maximum annual rainfall ever recorded was 3,452 mm (135.91 in) for 1954. The highest rainfall recorded in a single day was 944 mm (37.17 in) on 26 July 2005.
These rains brings heavy floods to the city. The financial cost of floods was unprecedented and these floods caused a stoppage of entire commercial, trading, and industrial activity for days. Preliminary indications indicate that the floods caused a direct loss of about Rs. 450 crores (€80 million or US$100 million). The financial impact of the floods were manifested in a variety of ways
Lots of people loitering along the water on the bustling Marine Dr prominade in the Churchgate area.
On Sunday with just a little rain, the JVPD area was flooded.
I was stuck in the bus at Kandivali when I took this snap
