The impact of monsoon deaths in the city affects the poor disproportionately, with 17 in 20 occurring among them, especially those living in slums where poor drainage, sanitation and limited access to healthcare make residents especially susceptible to waterborne diseases and flood-related injuries. Children under five, people over 65 years of age and women faced the highest risks. The rain-linked causes ranged from drowning and electrocution to post-flood diseases as well as cardiovascular and respiratory complications. The study’s authors, Ashwin Rode from University of Chicago, Tom Bearpark from Princeton University and Mumbai climate change consultant Archana Patankar, calculated that on average a single day of 150mm rain raised the mortality risk by over 5% for slum-dwellers in the following weeks.