MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Nearly a week after record rains fell on Mumbai, the Indian financial center was fighting misery on different fronts as new downpours hindered cleanup efforts.
News services reported that rain was pounding the Mumbai area again on Monday. Authorities said 1,000 people had died in western India.
The city formerly known as Bombay was deluged with 37 inches (940 millimeters) of rain in 24 hours Tuesday -- the most any Indian city has ever received in one day.
As the monsoon rains moved back in Sunday, Mumbai's airport was shut down for a while and flights were redirected to New Delhi.
Parts of the rail network were also shut down, but some service had resumed by Sunday afternoon. In northern Mumbai, waters were rising steadily; in some parts of the city, water levels had already reached 7 feet.
The local government has issued an advisory asking residents to stay inside. Some residents last week died in their cars because the water rose so rapidly, and some residents were also electrocuted because of downed power lines.
Some Mumbai residents have had no water, electricity or garbage pickup since the flooding. Angry residents confronted local officials Sunday, with some of them throwing stones.
Tens of thousands of animal carcasses floated in the flood waters, raising concerns about the possibility of disease.
South of the city, several hundred people died in landslides. Authorities have brought in heavy equipment to excavate, but any hope of finding survivors has waned.
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