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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2006

TABLE 4.10    

DAMAGE CAUSED BY TROPICAL CYCLONES IN HONG KONG IN 2006

Name of
tropical
cyclone
Month Damage in physical terms Damage in monetary terms (million HK$)
Agriculture Public works facilities Public utilities Property Landslip
and
collapse
of slope
Agriculture Public
works facilities
Public utilities Private property Others Total
T. Chanchu 5
-
- - 2 units 1 case - - - - - -
T. Prapiroon 8
Farmland: 212 hectares
Crops: 3 392 tons
Road: 5 sites
Carpark: 2
3.7m Satellite antenna: 1 - 7 cases 53.4 0.156 0.015 - - 53.571
S.T.S. Bopha 8
-

Open area: 2 sites
Road: 1 site

- - 3 cases - - - - - -
N.B.:     Based on information supplied by relevant government departments and public utility companies. Damage reports in the local press were also examined and collated.

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