Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 4.10
Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2017
Tropical Cyclone Name |
Mon | Damage in physical terms |
Damage in monetary terms (million HK$) |
The total amount of insurance claims
(million HK$)
(b) |
Estimated direct economic loss (million HK$)
(a) + (b) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agri-culture |
Public works facilities (site) |
Public utilities (site) |
Property (unit) |
Landslip and collapse of slope (case) |
Ships lost or damaged (number) |
Agri-culture |
Public works facilities |
Public utilities |
Private property |
Industry |
Total (a) |
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| Severe Tropical Storm Merbok | 6 | Farmland:360 hectares
Crops: 2547 tons |
Road: 2 Footpath: 3 Cemetery: 2 |
Railway: 1 Road barrier: 1 |
2 | 9 | 2 | 39.78 | 0.00101 | 39.78101 | |||||
| Tropical Storm Roke | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Super Typhoon Hato | 8 | Farmland:
547 hectares Crops: 3274 tons Pond fish: 983 tons |
Road: 1 Rain Shelter: 2 Railing: 25 |
Telecommunication facilities: 1 Substation: 1 |
66 | 1 | 36 | 78.6151 | 3.9816 | 4.8908 | 0.0035 | 9.5459 | 97.0369 | 1107.8445 | 1204.8813 |
| Severe Tropical Storm Pakhar | 8 | Construction site: 1 | Railway: 5 Substation: 4 VE Panels: 1 |
3 | 3 | 15 | 1.78846 | 1.78846 | |||||||
| Severe Tropical Storm Mawar | 8 | 8 | 0.0064 | 0.0064 | |||||||||||
| Severe Typhoon Khanun | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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.
# The insurance claim figure is provided by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (up to 16 March 2019). The data have been adjusted by the market shares (80%) of the companies participating in the survey. Note that the insurance claim figure is only available for Super Typhoon Hato in 2017.
* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 31 October 2019). Items with insurance claim made have been excluded.
@ The estimates are for reference only and may be subject to various uncertainties in the survey responses and analysis method. Please refer to Annex 1 for details of estimation and disclaimer.
The sum of figures may not add up to total due to rounding.