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Authorities said the port and a fish processing facility had been flooded, and vessels had been swept from their moorings.

In a way the rising take-up for these memberships reflects India's broader post-liberalisation growth story – when the country opened up to the world and discarded its socialist moorings.

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.

Rain had filled the gully and a heavy flow of muddy water loosened his board from its gravel mooring.