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.

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)