Heavy overnight monsoon rains have flooded....eastern Indian city

An Indian hand rickshaw puller transports a passenger through a flooded street of Kolkata on July 14, 2008. Heavy overnight monsoon rains have flooded many low laying area and streets of the eastern Indian city and caused massive traffic disruption.

Indian commuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour flooded parts of Amritsar on August 5, 2008. Heavy downpours of monsoon rain in northern India brought temperatures down from seasonal highs of 42 degrees Celcius.

Indian school children make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour flooded parts of Amritsar on August 5, 2008. Heavy downpours of monsoon rain in northern India brought temperatures down from seasonal highs of 42 degrees Celcius.

Indian commuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour flooded parts of Amritsar on August 5, 2008. Heavy downpours of monsoon rain in northern India brought temperatures down from seasonal highs of 42 degrees Celcius.


Indian commuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour flooded parts of Amritsar on August 5, 2008. Heavy downpours of monsoon rain in northern India brought temperatures down from seasonal highs of 42 degrees Celcius.

Indian commuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour flooded parts of Amritsar on August 5, 2008. Heavy downpours of monsoon rain in northern India brought temperatures down from seasonal highs of 42 degrees Celcius.