FUZHOU -- The death toll from typhoon Saomai had risen to 295 in China by 10:00 p.m. Monday and is still likely to mount as another 94 people remain missing in Fuding, the worst hit city in China's southeast coastal province of Fujian.

The city government said 178 people were confirmed dead by Monday night and 155 bodies had been salvaged.

"On Monday alone, 59 bodies were discovered in seawater off Shacheng Harbor," said Cai Meisen, vice mayor of Fuding.

Officials with Fujian Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said most of the people were killed when the super strong typhoon broke the moorings on their ships which had sought shelter in the harbor.

The others were killed in typhoon-triggered disasters on land such as floods, landslides and mud-flows.

Local authorities and residents are still searching for the missing.

The Fuding death toll update brings total fatalities in Fujian to a staggering 206.

Previous reports listed 87 dead and 52 missing in east China's Zhejiang Province where Saomai barreled in, and two dead and one missing in nearby Jiangxi Province.

Also in Zhejiang, at least 2.1 million people have been affected, 18,000 houses destroyed, 56 provincial roads and national highways swamped, causing losses of 4.89 billion yuan (611 million U.S. dollars).

In Fuding, the storm damaged an 1,146-year-old Buddhist temple, collapsing its gate house and 20 other buildings. The damage to the Ziguo temple totalled 5 million yuan (625,000 U.S. dollars).

Saomai, the eighth typhoon in China this year, slammed into Cangnan County of Wenzhou City at 5:25 p.m. last Thursday. It was downgraded to a tropical depression by 11 a.m. Friday.

Saomai, the most powerful typhoon over the past 50 years, killed at least two people in the Philippines earlier and dumped rain on Japan.

According to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), another two tropical storms, Sonamu and Wukong, were respectively located at latitude 18.1 north, longitude 129.9 east and latitude 26.4 north, longitude 138.0 east on Monday.

CMA experts said they are not likely to affect China in the next couple of days.