Mumbai is limping back to normal after what was recorded as the highest-ever rain in India’s history - a deluge that left the city completely paralysed.

According to the news reports (which I only just read as phone lines and all modes of communication were down), the city received the heaviest rainfall within a 12-hour span in the last 31 years.

The highest-ever rainfall recorded in a single day in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and forced thousands of people to sleep in their offices or walk home during the night.

Troops were deployed after the sudden rains — measuring up to 94.4 centimeters (37.1 inches) in one day in some areas of Mumbai — stranded tens of thousands of people.

We’ve had no power since yesterday. The lights have only just come back on and I’m still unable to download my mail. Even the newspapers haven’t come in today, so I had no idea what’s been happening in the city.

Lucky for me and my family we were safely ensconced in the comfort of our homes, but the entire city was flooded, and shops in the market nearby had their goods destroyed by the water which seeped in.

In the meantime, you can read the news reports of how people coped with the torrential downpour here, here , here , here and here.

If you’ve written to me in the last couple of days, please be patient. I will definitely get back to you as soon as possible.