A man pushes his scooter through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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.
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.
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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Commuters walk on waterlogged railway tracks after trains were disrupted due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)A cyclist rides through a water logged street following heavy rains in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)People push a bus through a waterlogged street during a heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)Fire officials rescue passengers from a Monorail after it stalled due to overcrowding which caused an electrical outage in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. The overcrowding was due to heavy rains which disputed local transport system. (AP Photo/Deepak Turbhekar)Commuters stranded inside a halted local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)Halted local trains at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)Commuters stranded at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus after heavy rains disrupted rail services in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)A man pushes his scooter through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)People walk through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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