As of 18:00 pm Tuesday, Morakot, the worst typhoon to hit the island in 50 years, had claimed 461 lives and left 192 missing and 46 injured, according to Taiwan's disaster control center.
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![Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2009 shows the severely-damaged Nanheng Road section across the Taoyuan Village of Kaohsiung County, southeast China's Taiwan. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090826/0019b93bd68d0bff147f1a.jpg "Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2009 shows the severely-damaged Nanheng Road section across the Taoyuan Village of Kaohsiung County, southeast China's Taiwan. [Xinhua]")
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Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2009 shows the severely-damaged Nanheng Road section across the Taoyuan Village of Kaohsiung County, southeast China's Taiwan. [Xinhua] |
Kaohsiung County had reported the largest casualties including 392 deaths, the center said.
Morakot, which devastated Taiwan on August 8, had brought about a 14.5 billion NT dollars (440 million U.S. dollars) financial losses for agricultural, forestry, fishing and herding sectors, according to a report previously released by Taiwan's agricultural authorities .
(Xinhua News Agency August 26, 2009)
