SHENZHEN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port.

    Shenzhen City government decided to donate 1,000 prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 square meters and were worth nearly 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars).

    More than 500 workers started producing the houses Saturday and finished the first 100 houses Monday, said Wang Zeming, manager of Shenzhen Yahgee Modular House Co. Ltd.

    Morakot, the worst typhoon to hit Taiwan in nearly five decades, wreaked havoc across central and southern Taiwan.

    At least 126 people were killed and 61 others were still missing by 8 a.m. Monday, according to local disaster response authorities. Another 45 people were injured.

    The authorities said the figures excluded villagers in Kaohsiung, with whom they had lost contact.

    China's Red Cross Society announced on Monday that it would donate the second batch of 6.85 million yuan (1 million U.S. dollars) to Taiwan for disaster relief construction in the areas damaged by typhoon Morakot.

    The society provided a 15-million yuan contribution to the typhoon-affected people in Taiwan on Aug. 12 via the Red Cross organization on the island.

    A statement released by the mainland's Red Cross Society on Monday said that the organization was willing to provide any support and aid possible for the disaster-hit areas on the island.

    Beijing-based All-China Women's Federation sent a letter of condolence to women's organizations in Taiwan to express the concerns of women on the mainland to the great loss on the island.

    The federation said it had raised 1 million yuan and would donate the fund to women and children affected by the disaster. The donation will be conveyed by mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits to Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation.

Editor: Mu Xuequan