The rain came down hard on Mumbai Monday morning, flooding major stretches of the city and turning the daily school run into a frightening ordeal for many children and their families.

Several school buses, along with countless other vehicles, were left stranded in thigh-high water near Matunga and Sion. Among them was a Don Bosco School bus carrying six children, two female staff members, and the driver. For nearly an hour, the youngsters sat trapped inside as the water level rose outside. Another school bus from Powai was stranded minutes later on a waterlogged road.

The kids wait for their parents inside the Matunga police station