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, Xinhua quoted Taiwan's disaster control center as saying. 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.
