Transport in India's Mumbai resumed near-normal service today as rains and floods finally let up after killing close to 1,000 people last week, but low-lying parts of the city remain under water.
Weather officials forecast more rains, but said they did not expect it to be on the scale that brought death and destruction to the sprawling city of more than 15 million people last week.
At least 942 people drowned, died in landslides or were electrocuted in floodwater in the western state of Maharashtra, including 429 in Mumbai, and Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil said 100 more people were missing.
More rain and floods yesterday had closed key roads and delayed trains in the city, while severely hampering relief work.
Weather officials expect to see heavy rain of more than 6.5cm today along coastal areas, which pales compared to the record-breaking 94cm that pounded Mumbai last Tuesday and set off days of deadly flooding and disruption.
Minister Patil told parliament that half of Maharashtra's 35 districts and more than 300 villages were affected. More than 52,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, many living near dams.
