Cyclone Tauktae: Hunt on for 51 missing after barge sinks near Mumbai
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Wednesday May 19, 2021
People who were stranded at sea due to Cyclone Tauktae exit an Indian Navy Sea King Mk.42C helicopter, after they were rescued by the Indian Navy, at INS Shikra, Colaba, Mumbai, India, May 18, 2021. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India s west coast on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking a barge and killing 22 aboard, authorities said.
Cyclone Tauktae unleashed waves of up to 25 feet (7.6 m) offshore before it hit the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat during the past two days, leaving a trail of destruction that killed 61 others, authorities said.