TAIPEI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- 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.

Relatives mourn for their victims in front of mudslide area at the devastated village of Hsiaolin, in Kaohsiung county, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 15, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    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 .

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 Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Hu expresses condolences for Typhoon Morakot victims in Taiwan

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao meets with a delegation of ethnic minorities from Taiwan, headed by actor-turned-politician Kao Chin Su-mei in Beijing, Aug. 19, 2009.(Xinhua/Li Xueren) Photo Gallery>>>

    "We share the same feeling with Taiwan compatriots, especially the ethnic minorities, who suffered serious life and property loss in the recent disaster. We are very much concerned," said Hu, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.  Full story

Taiwan agriculture suffers huge loss in Typhoon Morakot

    TAIPEI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's agriculture suffered a loss of about 12.2 billion New Taiwan dollars (370.5 million U.S. dollars) in Typhoon Morakot as of Sunday morning, said the island's agriculture department.

    The loss included crops with a worth of 4 billion New Taiwan dollars, livestock and poultry 1.39 billion, aquatic produce 4.13billion and forest 77.42 million, the department said in a statement. Full story