Cyclone Tauktae: Twenty-six dead after barge sinks due to cyclone
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image captionA navy warship brought back survivors from the sunken barge
Twenty-six bodies have been recovered off the coast of India s Mumbai city where a barge with 261 people on board sank on Monday during a severe cyclone.
The death toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue. At least 53 people are still missing.
A navy warship returned to the city s harbour on Wednesday with some of the 186 survivors rescued so far.
Thirty-five people have also been rescued from another of the three other barges stranded due to cyclone Tauktae.
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