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Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2020

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 Storm Nuri	6		Access road: 6				6	3
Tropical Storm Sinlaku	7		Footpath: 1 Railing:: 3	Lamppost: 1		3	4	30
Typhoon Higos	8		Road: 2 Access road: 1	Lamppost: 3 Railway: 2 Telecom-munication: 9	13	3		794		0.6360	0.5128	0.0473	1.1961	386.6676	387.8637
Tropical Storm Nangka	10			Lamppost: 1 Traffic light: 1	5		2	247		0.5000		0.2727	0.7727	3.1371	3.9098
Typhoon Saudel	10						1	1				0.0240	0.0240

# The insurance claim figure is provided by the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers. The data have been adjusted by the market shares of the companies participating in the survey. Note that the insurance claim figure is only available for Typhoon Higos and Tropical Storm Nangka in 2020.

* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 31 May 2021). 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.