India scours sea after barge sinks and second vessel adrift following cyclone

India scours sea after barge sinks and second vessel adrift following cyclone
A fisherman waits for help as he tries to move a boat to safer ground (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift off the coast of Mumbai following a deadly cyclone.

The navy said it had rescued 177 people of the total of 400 on the two barges in the Arabian Sea. Three warships, maritime patrol aircraft and helicopters were part of the rescue operations and were scouring seas, the navy said.

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