NEW DELHI—Indian navy ships recovered 22 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as a cyclone blew ashore this week, officials said Wednesday. The search is continuing for 55 more missing people, navy spokesman Mehul Karnik said. He said the three ships and helicopters involved in the search had rescued 184 people in rough seas with waves of up to seven meters (25 feet). Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades, packed sustained winds of up to 210 kilometers (130 miles) per hour when it came ashore in Gujarat state late Monday. The storm left more than 50 dead in Gujarat and Maharashtra states. The weather has since improved and the search operation for the missing people has been intensified navy Cdr. Alok Anand said. A survivor told the New Delhi Television news channel that he jumped …
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