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A fourth crew member was rescued after the ship sank south of Hong Kong

Hong Kong-According to Chinese officials, a fourth crew member was rescued on Monday after a storm sank an engineering vessel two days ago.

According to a statement from the Cantonese Maritime Authority, the crew was rescued by a Navy vessel on Monday morning and is in stable condition. Rescue operations are still underway.

According to the locals, the recently rescued person boarded Fujing 001, a floating crane registered inChina, and was involved in the construction of several offshore wind farms. It was part of a crew of 30. Media coverage.

The ship has a maximum sustained wind speed of 110 km / h (68 mph) and was upgraded to a typhoon before landing in southeastern Guangdong, China, during a tropical cyclone Chaba on Saturday 2 It broke and sank. ..

Chaba attacked Fujing 001 about 300 km (180 miles) southwest of Hong Kong. The ship was close to the center of the storm, making rescue operations difficult, Hong Kong officials said, deploying two helicopters and one aircraft for rescue operations.

As of Monday, 26 other crew members are missing and search and rescue operations are still underway, but Hong Kong authorities may rescue other crew members alive. Said it was "slight".

Elsewhere in China, eight people died after a decorative building fell from about 12 meters (40 feet) on Saturday in Hebei Province, northern China, according to the state news agency Xinhua. did.

Nine people evacuated from a storm at Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, were attacked by a collapsed building. The report states that one hospitalized person is in a stable condition.