Tropical Cyclones in 2021 > Table 4.10
Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2021
Tropical Cyclone Name |
Month | 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) |
Report(s) of fallen Trees |
Agri-culture |
Public works facilities |
Public utilities |
Private property |
Industry |
Total (a) |
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| Tropical Storm Koguma | 6 | 0.9010 | 0.0225 | 0.9235 | ||||||||||||
| Tropical Depression | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Typhoon Cempaka | 7 | Farmland: 0.3 hectares |
Road: 1 Open Area: 1 Access Road: 1 |
1 | 4 | 6 | 0.0180 | 0.0120 | 0.0300 | |||||||
| Tropical Storm Lupit | 8 | Road: 2 | Water Supply: 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.0013 | 0.0013 | |||||||||
| Tropical Storm Lionrock | 10 | Farmland: 333 hectares Crops: 2,166 tons Tree Failure: 7 tons |
Road: 4 Open Area: 1 Access Road: 4 Noise Barriers: 1 Rain Shelter: 1 Others: 7 |
Railway: 2 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 100 | 33.7939 | 0.6545 | 0.2843 | 0.0103 | 34.7430 | 185.2840 | 220.0270 | |
| Typhoon Kompasu | 10 | Tree Failure: 2 tons | Road: 4 50 m Open Area: 2 Footpath: 4 Fence: 1 Rain Shelter: 1 |
Outdoor Air Condition Unit: 1 Lighting System: 4 Electric Supply: 2 |
34 | 4 | 1 | 877 | 0.3852 | 0.1543 | 0.4000 | 0.9395 | 33.8000 | 34.7395 | ||
| Super Typhoon Rai | 12 | 0.0040 | 0.0040 | |||||||||||||
# 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 Tropical Storm Lionrock and Typhoon Kompasu in 2021.
* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 31 May 2022). 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.