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Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2018

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$) (a) + (b)
Tropical Cyclone Name	Mon	Agri-culture	Public works facilities (site)	Public utilities (site)	Property (unit)	Landslip and collapse of slope (case)	Ships lost or damaged (number)	Report(s) of fallen Trees	Agri-culture	Public works facilities	Public utilities	Private property	Industry	Total (a)	The total amount of insurance claims (million HK$) (b)	Estimated direct economic loss (million HK$) (a) + (b)
Tropical Storm Ewiniar	6		Road: 1 Pavement/ Footpath: 3 Open area: 3		2		6	23
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh	7		Road: 1		1		1	20
Severe Tropical Storm Bebinca	8		Road: 2 Construction site: 1		2		13	18				0.0558		0.0558
Tropical Storm Barijat	9		Construction site: 1				2
Super Typhoon Mangkhut	9	Farmland: 567 hectares Crops: 4143 tons Pond fish: 885 tons	Road: 5 sites, 3.07 km Harbour and port: 18 Pavement/Footpath: 77 sites, 1.31 km Open area: 7 Subway: 33 Footbridge: 53 Lift/escalator: 54 Noise Barrier: 9 Traffic Sign: 346 Railing: 8 sites, 34 m Solar lights: 29 Rain shelter: 14 Staircase: 26 m² Platform: 2 Urban facilities: 60 Others: 3	Railway: 5 sites Electric supply: 3590 families 10 sites Water Supply: 2013 families,10 sites Telecommunication facilities: 1 site Treatment works: 3 Power transmission cable: 3 Others: 12 sites	856	18	708	60,894	115.0032	707.4957	18.3404	23.8195	45.1291	909.7878	3,688.3578	4,598.1456
Super Typhoon Yutu	10-11				1		2

# 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 Mangkhut in 2018.

* 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. Reference is also made to the written reply by the Secretary for Development at the Legislative Council meeting on “Preparation for and follow-up work after the onslaught of typhoons” on 5 June 2019 .

@ 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.