Cyclone Tauktae Death Toll Jumps as Navy Recovers Victims of Sunken Barge
The Weather Channel
5 hrs ago
Ron Brackett
The death toll from Cyclone Tauktae in India jumped Wednesday as the navy retrieved 22 bodies from the Arabian Sea on Wednesday.
The 22 people were on a barge that sank as Tautkae neared landfall Monday. A search continues for another 55 missing crew members, navy spokesman Mehul Karnik told the Associated Press.
At least 45 people were killed by the storm in the state of Gujarat, where Tauktae roared ashore late Monday, the Press Institute of India reported. Most of those deaths involved collapsing walls and roofs or falling trees.