The death toll following monsoon rains that lashed parts of India's east and west over the past week today rose to 81 people.
The rains eased over the financial hub of Bombay - Mumbai - however, after disrupting life for three days.
The June-September annual monsoon, key to India's agriculture and economic growth, revived this week after a two-week lull.
Most of the latest deaths were in the eastern state of Orissa and western Maharashtra and Gujarat and were due to lightning strikes, electrocution and drowning.
At least eight people were swept away in flash floods overnight in Orissa, taking the toll there to 32. More than 3,700 houses - largely mud-and-thatch - were destroyed in Orissa.
In Maharashtra, heavy rains have killed 28 people in the past three days. "Most of the people died from lightning," an official in Maharashtra said.
But the state capital of Bombay is slowly returning to normality, with waters receding from roads and railway tracks.
Residents were angry at the government's response to three days of flooding since Monday, however, and traffic was slow as civic workers used water pumps to flush out rainwater from some areas.
In Gujarat, which neighbours Maharashtra, heavy rains have killed 12 people since yesterday and more than 10,000 people living in low-lying areas were evacuated.
Almost every year, monsoon rains kill hundreds of people, damage homes and destroy crops.