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Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2019

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$) (a) + (b)
Tropical Cyclone Name	Mon	Agri-culture	Public works facilities (site)	Public utilities (site)	Property (unit)	Landslip and collapse of slope (case)	Ships lost or damaged (number)	Report(s) of fallen Trees	Agri-culture	Public works facilities	Public utilities	Private property	Total (a)	The total amount of insurance claims (million HK$) (b)	Estimated direct economic loss (million HK$) (a) + (b)
Tropical Depression Mun	7		Road: 1 Pavement/Footpath: 1 Scaffolding: 1				2
Tropical Storm Wipha	7 - 8	Farmland: 305 hectares Crops: 2216 tons	Road: 3 Access road: 2 Footpath: 2 Open area: 2		10	3	8	851	34.5742	0.0220		0.8150	35.4112	22.4011	57.8123
Severe Tropical Storm Bailu	8		Road: 2 Construction site: 1	Railway: 1			2				0.0600	0.1485	0.2085
Tropical Depression Kajiki	9		Open area: 2

# The insurance claim figure is provided by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers (up to 30 September 2019). The data have been adjusted by the market shares (68%) of the companies participating in the survey. Note that the insurance claim figure is only available for Tropical Storm Wipha in 2019.

* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 31 May 2020). 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.