89 still missing at sea after cyclone slams into India

A view shows the damaged rooftop of a school building following Cyclone Tauktae in Vanakbara in Diu, India

Eighty-nine people remained missing in India and hundreds of thousands were without power on Wednesday in the wake of a major cyclone, adding to the country's woes as it suffered a record number of Covid-19 deaths. Slamming the western coast late Tuesday, Cyclone Tauktae was the latest in what experts say is a growing number of ever-bigger storms in the Arabian Sea because of climate change warming its waters. The defence ministry said Wednesday that Navy ships had rescued more than 600 people after waves up to eight metres (26 feet) high hammered offshore oil installations. But planes and helicopters were still searching for 89 workers missing from one of several support vessels that slipped its moorings in the storm and sank.