Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Morakot killed six people in China after taking the lives of at least 23 in Taiwan, where it dumped record amounts of rain and left more than 100 people unaccounted for after a mudslide. In Japan, a separate system left 13 people dead as a tropical storm approached the country.

Morakat, the ninth typhoon of the Pacific cyclone season, destroyed more than 6,000 homes in mainland China and affected 8.8 million people before weakening to a tropical storm today, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. It caused damage of 9 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) and prompted the evacuation of almost 1.4 million people in eastern China, Xinhua said, citing the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The Chinese provinces most affected are Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui, Xinhua said. The storm was headed northwestward to northern Zhejiang, it said. In addition to the six dead, three people are missing in China, Xinhua said.

The 23 deaths in Taiwan came as Morakot crossed the island’s north, the National Fire Agency said. Another 56 people are missing and 32 were hurt, the agency said on its Web site at 8 p.m. local time today. The typhoon dumped more rain on Taiwan than in any 48-hour period since records began 100 years ago, Taiwan’s chief weather forecaster, Lee Hsiang-yuan, said.

About 100 people were unaccounted for after a village was buried in a mudslide, the agency said earlier today.

Rainfall Record

A total of 2,986 millimeters (118 inches) of rain fell on Alishan in southern Chiayi County between Aug. 6 and 8 p.m. today, the fire administration said. A single-day record of 1,415 millimeters fell during the typhoon, it said.

Morakot weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in China, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center said.

In Japan, the center of Tropical Storm Etau was 210 kilometers (130 miles) south of the southern tip of Wakayama prefecture, in the west of the country, at 6:50 p.m. Japanese time today, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It was heading north-northwest at 20 kilometers.

Etau had maximum sustained winds of 74 kph and is forecast to pass to the south of Tokyo after 9 a.m. tomorrow, the agency said on its Web site. The storm’s winds were gusting to 111 kph.

The weather system that swept Japan cause 11 deaths in the town of Sayo in Hyogo prefecture, west of Osaka, NHK Television said. Another person died in the prefecture and a woman was found dead in her collapsed house in neighboring Okayama prefecture, it said. At least 10 people were missing in Hyogo and in Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku island, NHK said earlier.

Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said nine people were dead and 18 missing at 6 p.m. local time.

Trains Suspended

Some train lines in Tokyo were suspended as of 4 p.m. local time, with delays reported on the Narita line, which serves the New Tokyo International Airport, East Japan Railway Co. said on its Web site.

Morakot crossed the Chinese coast near Fuzhou at about 4:20 p.m. local time with winds of 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour. It caused the collapse of 1,800 houses in the province of Zhejiang, Xinhua said. More than 3.4 million people were affected in the province.

A child died yesterday after a house collapsed in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported earlier.

Winds slowed to 64 kilometers per hour and Morakot is forecast to continue weakening as it moves farther inland. China’s National Meteorological Center forecast “violent” rainstorms today and advised against working outdoors.

Farm Damage

Typhoon Morakot caused agricultural losses in Taiwan of NT$5.06 billion ($154 million) including damage to 43,527 hectares (107,512 acres) of land, 2 million chickens and more than 70,000 pigs as of 2 p.m., the Council of Agriculture said on its Web site.

The Taiwanese government plans to give NT$1 million in compensation to each family with relatives who died or who are missing, the Government Information Office said in an e-mailed statement. It also promised 700 temporary jobs for people affected by the typhoon. For corporations in need of aid, the government will offer low-interest loans.

Electricity was restored yesterday in some areas after disruptions affected 1.58 million households, according to the statement.

The six-story King Shai Hotel in Taidong in southeastern Taiwan collapsed into a river after flooding undermined its foundations. The building was evacuated before it began to tilt.

Morakot means emerald in the Thai language, according to the Web site of the Hong Kong Observatory, which names the storms. Etau means storm cloud in the language of Palau, the observatory said.

To contact the reporters on this story: Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net; Dave McCombs in Tokyo at dmccombs@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 10, 2009 11:31 EDT