(CNN) A lone Filipino sailor has been rescued from the dark waters of the Pacific Ocean after a cargo ship with 43 people aboard went missing during Typhoon Maysak, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The Gulf Livestock 1 transmitted a distress signal early Wednesday when it was about 185 kilometers (115 miles) west of Amami Oshima island, about midway between Okinawa and Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island. The area in the East China Sea was being battered by the powerful typhoon, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane with winds of at least 130 mph, at the time the ship went missing. The rescued sailor was found late Wednesday, after more than half a day in the water. File photo of Gulf Livestock 1 in 2016.

Source: CNN September 03, 2020 06:54 UTC