What does 37.1 inches of rain in 24 hours look like?

The photos above and below were taken during this past Wednesday's deluge in Mumbai, India, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in a 24–hour–period in that country.

The monsoon rains have already killed over 750 people in western India, with the death toll expected to climb sharply in coming days.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the country's commercial capital, was paralyzed by the water: planes were grounded, trains halted and the streets, as you can see for yourself, were inundated.

Hundreds of thousands of people were stranded in schools, office buildings and railway stations.

Mumbai is one of the world's most populous cities, with about 15 million residents, many of whom live in a sprawling maze of shanties.