The Latest Breaking News from Aurimas Mockus

Solo rower who spent three days ‘fighting for life’ in Cyclone Alfred reunited with wife

A solo rower who was caught in Cyclone Alfred, which had winds of up to 100km/h, while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia has been reunited with his wife.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

Australian homes lose power and people told to evacuate as tropical cyclone approaches

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost power and people were ordered to evacuate their flood-prone homes Friday as part of the Australian east coast was lashed by wind and rain ahead of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

‘Like a cat in a washing machine’: rescued rower feared he would die in Cyclone Alfred’s monster waves

After walking down the gangway from the Australian navy ship that saved him, the Lithuanian fell to his knees in front of his wife, sobbing

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2025

Brisbane ferries suspended ‘until further notice’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2025

Cyclone-battered rower gets medical treatment

A Lithuanian rower battered by a tropical cyclone while attempting a solo ocean crossing is receiving medical treatment on a navy ship after being rescued.

AAP · Mar 2, 2025

‘I need to survive’: rower attempting to cross Pacific activates emergency beacon off Queensland near Cyclone Alfred

Australian navy ship heading to Coral Sea after Aurimas Mockus calls for help one week out from reaching Queensland

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2025

Lithuanian rower alive as cyclone halts Pacific journey

An Australian navy ship is on its way to rescue a Lithuanian man rowing from San Diego to Brisbane after he was caught up in Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

AAP · Mar 1, 2025

Aurimas Mockus has been rowing across the Pacific for months. Now he’s weeks from Australia – if he can avoid Cyclone Alfred

Lithuanian has battled solitude, a whirlpool and unfavourable winds. But now, as he approaches Brisbane, a ‘powerful’ storm is forming near the Coral Sea

The Guardian - AU · Feb 25, 2025

‘Like a zombie’: Aurimas Mockus and his gruelling quest to row from San Diego to Brisbane – mostly naked

The Lithuanian faces up to eight months of cyclones, adverse winds and extreme loneliness, as he rows in solidarity with Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2024