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

Tropical cyclone is the catch-all term for the powerful, spinning storms that feed off warm oceans and the strength of which is determined by wind speeds. The strongest are known as hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Western Pacific and simply tropical cyclones in the South Pacific.

An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian rower who became stuck in a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California.

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