Hopes fade for 26 missing after barge sinks in India storm

Hopes fade for 26 missing after barge sinks in India storm
People rescued by the Indian navy from a barge that sank in the Arabian sea (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

Rescuers have recovered 12 more bodies as hopes faded for 26 people still missing after a barge with 261 onboard sank off Mumbai when a powerful cyclone lashed the region.

The last of 186 survivors were rescued on Wednesday, and since then navy rescuers using five warships, a surveillance aircraft and three helicopters have found only floating bodies, navy spokesman Commander Mehul Karnik said.

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