The newest rescued individual was a part of a 30-strong crew on board the Fujing 001, a China-registered floating crane, that was concerned in constructing a number of offshore wind farms, in accordance with native media stories.
The vessel snapped into two and sank on Saturday through the tropical storm Chaba, which had most sustained wind speeds of 110 kilometers (68 miles) per hour and was upgraded to a hurricane earlier than making landfall in China’s southeastern Guangdong province.
Chaba hit Fujing 001 about 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Hong Kong.
As of Monday, 26 different crew members are lacking and search and rescue operations are nonetheless underway.
Hong Kong authorities had dispatched planes and helicopters to assist within the rescue, however stated that possibilities of rescuing the opposite crew alive had been “slim.”
Elsewhere in China, eight individuals had been killed after an ornamental constructing construction fell from about 12 meters (40 ft) Saturday within the northern Chinese language province of Hebei, in accordance with state information company Xinhua.
9 individuals sheltering from a rainstorm in Shijiazhuang, the capital metropolis of Hebei, had been hit by the fallen construction. One one who was hospitalized is in steady situation, the report stated.
