Blinding rain, wind gusting 100 km/hr: What Navy braved to rescue hundreds stranded at sea amid Cyclone Tauktae

The Indian Navy deployed its warships and air assets to rescue 272 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai cost as Cyclone Tauktae intensified and wreaked havoc.

Gusting winds at almost 100 km/hour, sea waves about 30-feet high and blinding rain is what personnel of the Indian Navy fought against while carrying out rescue operations off the Mumbai coast as Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc. INS Kochi has roped in for search & rescue assistance for a barge adrift in #Mumbai. Commanding officer INS Kochi, Captain S Siqueira shared the details about the rescue operation with @AbhishekBhalla7 https://t.co/eyBOjTCDECMore videos: https://t.co/FAHzdk9TO8 pic.twitter.com/im3uSRQm5N The Indian Navy despatched its warship INS Kochi on a mission to rescue 273 crew members who were on board a barge that sunk in the Arabian Sea as Cyclone Tauktae intensified. The Navy has so far rescued 186 crew members of the ill-fated barge P-305, and recovered 26 bodies.