Death toll of Saomai rises to 330
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-18 10:30

FUDING, FUJIAN -- The death toll in China from Typhoon Saomai has risen to 330, after the discovery of six more bodies in Fuding city, in the southeastern coastal province of Fujian.

Local government officials pulled the bodies from the sea, bringing the number of bodies recovered from the waters off Shacheng harbor to 186.

A mistake occurred in the calculation on Thursday, according to local sources, who noted that death toll on land in Fuding was actually 27, one less than previously reported, bringing the death toll for Fujian Province to 241.

The death toll in neighboring Zhejiang Province stands at 87 dead and 52 missing, and two dead and one missing in Jiangxi Province.