India's Meteorological Department has issued a flash flood warning for Mumbai on Tuesday, as the death toll from days of record-breaking monsoon rainfall across Maharashtra state has continued to climb.
Landslides have shut the Mumbai-Pune rail corridor, schools remain closed for a second consecutive day, and severe waterlogging has disrupted life across the wider region.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Rebecca Bundhun in Mumbai says the city has received an extraordinary volume of rain in a very short period.
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Rebecca Bundhun, reporting from Mumbai, says questions are being asked about the city's preparedness despite the monsoon being an annual event.
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