Twenty-six dead after barge sinks in India due to cyclone
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, BBC reports.
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.
The cyclone weakened after it made landfall on Monday, but at least 19 people are confirmed as having died on land in the storm.
The barge was working on a project for India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). It was carrying personnel deployed for offshore drilling. When the storm struck, the barge's anchors gave way and it began drifting.
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