Cyclone Tauktae: death toll rises to more than 90 after huge storm hits India

Rescue ships recover 26 bodies of offshore workers and 49 still missing after storm bringing 180km/h winds leaves trail of destruction

The number of fatalities from a major cyclone on India's west coast has jumped to at least 91 and the navy was searching for another 49 people missing at sea after a barge carrying offshore workers sank in the storm.

Cyclone Tauktae, which left a trail of destruction after sweeping in from the Arabian sea on Monday, is the latest storm in what experts say is a growing number of ever-bigger storms in the region because of climate change warming its waters.