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Mumbai: Army officers battle with cyclone Ockhi for 7 hours

<p>Hit by the cyclone during sailing expedition from Mumbai to Goa, 20 Army officers make it safely to Ratnagiri harbour after fighting strong winds and choppy waters mid-sea</p>

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A group of 20 Indian Army officers who were on a sailing expedition to Goa braved and survived a seven-hour-long battle with choppy waters and strong winds, following a sudden strike of cyclone Ockhi in the Arabian sea, earlier this week. The officials were on an Army Offshore Sailing Expedition exercise and had left Mumbai on December 1 in four separate boats with five crew members each, when they were hit by the cyclone.

The yachts on the high seasThe yachts on the high seas

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