TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2008

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

Typhoon Neoguri

4

-

Road: 3 sites
Pedestrian pavement:
1 site
Footpath & access:
2 sites
Open space:
4 sites
Construction site: 1 site

Catchwater:
1 site
RCP: 2 sites

1 unit

20 cases

-

-

-

0.2808

-

0.2808

Typhoon Fengshen

6

-

Road: 2 sites
Footpath & access:
4 sites
Open space:
6 sites
Others:
1 site

Cemetery:
1 site
Railway:
1 site

3 units

18 cases

-

-

0.0050

-

-

0.0050

Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri

8

Farmland:
24 hectares
Crops:
384 tons
Fish: 4.7 tons

Footpath & access:
1 site

-

2 units

1 case

6.0060

-

-

-

-

6.0060

Typhoon Nuri

8

Farmland:
16 hectares
Crops:
256 tons
Fish: 199 tons

-

Railway:
2 sites

1 unit

-

20.0460

-

0.4243

-

-

20.4703

Typhoon Hagupit

9

Farmland:
29.58 hectares
Crops:
307.2 tons
Fish: 23.6 tons

Pedestrian pavement:
1 site
Footpath & access:
2 sites
Harbour & port:
3 sites

Railway:
2 sites

15 units

3 cases

5.7720

0.3646

0.0333

-

-

6.1699

Tropical Storm Higos

10

-

Footpath & access:
1 site

-

-

1 case

-

-

-

-

-

-