Video of the operation showed a naval boat rescuing Mockus from his vessel in rough seas, then hoisting him onto the warship.

Aurimas Mockus was reportedly attempting to travel from San Diego to Brisbane when he got caught in Tropical Cyclone Alfred off the coast of Australia.

An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California.

Today, a naval war ship rescued 44-year-old ocean rower Aurimas Mockus off the coast of Australia. A cyclone derailed his attempt to row the Pacific.

Aurimas Mockus had been adrift for three days off the coast of Queensland after rowing nonstop from San Diego.

A solo rower attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia was rescued by a warship after getting caught in a tropical cyclone with winds of up to 100km/h. Aurimas Mockus, 44, from Lithuania,

Aurimas Mockus was attempting to row from San Diego to Brisbane when he was caught in the path of the category one system off the Queensland coast.

Aurimas Mockus was close to completing his 7,500-mile journey from California to Queensland, but activated an emergency beacon after hitting a tropical cyclone.

A week out from finishing his epic row across the Pacific, Aurimas Mockus has called for help when a cyclone hit. A rescue ship is hurrying to his location.

A Lithuanian solo rower who became caught in treacherous seas caused by a cyclone off Australia's east coast over the weekend has been rescued, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said Monday.

Aurimas Mockus, 44, set off from Shelter Island last October. He said at the time that he was doing in order to honor the thousands of people who have died in the Russia-led war in Ukraine and to remind the world to continue to pay attention to the ongoing violence there.