Typhoon "Saddle" caused five people to be in distress. Guangxi organized maritime rescue overnight.

  Nanning, Nanning, August 26th (Huang Yanmei, Wei Junchi, Jiang Ruiqing) The reporter learned from the Guangxi Maritime Department on the 26th that due to the influence of Typhoon Saddle No.9 this year, there was a gust of 10 along the coast of Qinzhou Port in Guangxi, with a wave height of 2 to 3 meters. At 20: 28 on August 25, Qinzhou Maritime Search and Rescue Center received an alarm saying that a fishing raft was blown away by strong winds in the waters near Longmen, Qinzhou Port, and five people were in distress. The situation was very critical and needed urgent rescue.

  After receiving the report, Qinzhou Maritime Search and Rescue Center immediately launched a Class III response to maritime search and rescue, quickly verified the location of distress, and formulated a rescue plan according to the wind and waves on the spot; And keep mobile phone communication smooth with people in distress to calm their emotions; At the same time, coordinate the emergency duty tugboat and the law enforcement personnel of Qinzhou Port Marine Department to go to the scene for search and rescue.

  At 21: 10 on the same day, maritime law enforcement officers arrived at the scene to carry out rescue. At 21: 30, maritime law enforcement officers found two people in distress and found two people trapped on a nearby fishing raft. On-site search and rescue personnel withstood the storm and successfully transferred four people in distress to the ship safely. Due to the darkness of the sea at night and the difficulty caused by the typhoon, another person is still in a state of losing contact. The on-site search and rescue personnel did not give up, and continued to search in the nearby waters by means of searchlight shooting and megaphone shouting. At the same time, they contacted the anchorage ship in Qinzhou Port, requesting to strengthen the lookout and assist in searching for people in distress.

  Finally, at 23: 26, the on-site search and rescue personnel found that the lost person was trapped in another oyster raft. With the cooperation of the tugboat and a small boat involved in the rescue, the trapped person was successfully transferred safely.

  At present, the five rescued people are in good health.