Monsoon storms batter India with floods and lightning strikes

Intense monsoon storms battered India, flooding parts of Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least 10 people, government officials said.

Mumbai's city council ordered schools and colleges shut on Monday as a precautionary measure, reporting that the India Meteorological Department issued warnings of heavy rain.

Many streets were under water in the coastal city after hours of heavy rain, with several bus and train services suspended. Floods have also swamped in Assam, with eight people killed in the last 24 hours, Assam's Disaster Management Authority said on Sunday.