In Photos: Mumbai top news on May 19, 2021

Dark clouds loomed over Mumbai on Wednesday evening as a family was seen passing by the sea with their pet dog on a two-wheeler. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL

Ahead of the impending monsoon, people were seen covering the roofs of their houses with plastic sheets at a chawl in Matunga. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL

As the cyclonic storm Tauktae wreaked havoc in Mumbai on Monday, a huge portion of a footpath caved near the Gateway of India due to the incessant rains and rough sea. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL

A tree fell on the roadside due to heavy rains in Vashi's Sector 6 on Wednesday. The IMD had predicted heavy rainfall in the city due to the remnants of Cyclone Tauktae. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL

Vegetable and fruit markets have been damaged too in Vashi due to Cyclone Tauktae. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL

Out of the total 261 crew members, the rescue operation has helped in saving 188 persons on the sunk Barge Papaa (P305) near Heera Oil Field at Bombay High -- 38 nautical miles (around 70 kms) from Mumbai. Meanwhile, 22 lost their lives and a search for 51 more are underway.

Workmen rescued from the sinking barge narrated their horrifying experience in their quest for survival. Some of them said they had almost lost hope of making it alive back home. "It was a horrific situation on the barge. I had not thought I would survive. But, I swam in the waters for seven to eight hours with the determination to stay alive and was rescued by the Navy," workman Manoj Gite said.

A drive-in vaccination centre became operational in Ghatkopar on Wednesday where senior citizens even arrived by auto rickshaws to take the jab. Photo by Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL

The Apollo hospital conducted a mass vaccination drive for people above the age of 45 and those in the 18-44 age group at Modern School in Vashi on Wednesday. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL