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At least 22 dead, scores missing after cyclone sinks barge in India

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Ahmedabad, May 19 (EFE/EPA).- At least 22 people have lost their lives after a barge sank off Mumbai, officials said Wednesday, as a powerful cyclone swept through the western coast of India earlier this week.The barge carried 273 people on board when it sank due to the storm formed on the Arabian Sea.An Indian navy spokesperson tweeted that searchers had until Wednesday afternoon recovered 22 bodies and rescued 188 survivors from the sunken barge. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE TAUKTAE IN AHMEDABAD, INDIA.

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