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Casualties and Damage Caused by Tropical Cyclones in Hong Kong : 1960-2007
Year
Date / Month
Name of
tropical cyclone
Persons
dead
Persons
missing
Persons
injured
Ocean-
going
vessels in
trouble
Small
craft
sunk or
wrecked
Small
craft
damaged
1960 4 / 6
-
 12 / 6 T. Mary
45
11
127
6
352
462
1961 17 / 5
-
 21 / 5 T. Alice
4
0
20
*
*
*
  7 / 9
-
 10 / 9 S.T.S. Olga
7
0
0
0
1
0
1962 28 / 8
-
 2 / 9 T. Wanda
130
53
*
36
1 297
756
1963 1 / 9
-
 9 / 9 T. Faye
3
0
51
0
2
0
1964 26 / 5
-
 28 / 5 T. Viola
0
0
41
5
18
18
  2 / 8
-
 9 / 8 T. Ida
5
4
56
3
7
60
  2 / 9
-
 6 / 9 T. Ruby
38
6
300
20
32
282
  4 / 9
-
 10 / 9 T. Sally
9
0
24
0
0
0
  7 /10
-
 13 /10 T. Dot
26
10
85
2
31
59
1965 6 / 7
-
 16 / 7 T. Freda
2
0
16
0
1
0
  25 / 9
-
 28 / 9 T.S. Agnes
5
0
3
0
0
0
1966 12 / 7
-
 14 / 7 S.T.S. Lola
1
0
6
0
*
6
1967 19 / 8
-
 22 / 8 S.T.S. Kate
0
0
3
3
1
0
1968 17 / 8
-
 22 / 8 T. Shirley
0
0
4
1
*
3
1969 22 / 7
-
 29 / 7 T. Viola
0
0
0
0
3
0
1970 1 / 8
-
 3 / 8 T.D. -
2+
0
0
0
0
0
  8 / 9
-
 14 / 9 T. Georgia
0
0
0
2
0
*
1971 15 / 6
-
 18 / 6 T. Freda
2
0
30
8
0
0
  16 / 7
-
 22 / 7 T. Lucy
0
0
38
10
2
13
  10 / 8
-
 17 / 8 T. Rose
110
5
286
34
303
*
1972 4 /11
-
 9 /11 T. Pamela
1
0
8
3
0
0
1973 14 / 7
-
 20 / 7 T. Dot
1
0
38
14
*
*
1974 7 / 6
-
 14 / 6 T. Dinah
0
0
0
1
*
*
  18 / 7
-
 22 / 7 T. Ivy
0
0
0
2
*
*
  15 /10
-
 19 /10 T. Carmen
1
0
0
5
*
*
  21 /10
-
 27 /10 T. Della
0
0
0
2
*
*
1975 10 / 8
-
 14 / 8 T.D. -
2
1
0
3
1
*
  9 /10
-
 14 /10 T. Elsie
0
0
46
7
2
1
  16 /10
-
 23 /10 S.T.S. Flossie
0
0
0
1
*
*
1976 22 / 6
-
 4 / 7 T. Ruby
3
2
2
0
0
0
  21 / 7
-
 26 / 7 S.T.S. Violet
2
1
1
0
0
0
  5 / 8
-
 6 / 8 S.T.S. Clara
0
0
4
0
0
0
  21 / 8
-
 24 / 8 T.S. Ellen
27
3
65
0
4
7
  15 / 9
-
 21 / 9 T. Iris
0
0
27
6
0
1
1977 4 / 7
-
 6 / 7 T.D. -
0
0
2
0
0
0
  3 / 9
-
 5 / 9 T.S. Carla
0
0
1
1
0
0
  22 / 9
-
 25 / 9 S.T.S. Freda
1
0
37
2
0
0
1978 24 / 7
-
 30 / 7 S.T.S. Agnes
3
0
134
0
25
42
  9 / 8
-
 12 / 8 T.S. Bonnie
0
0
0
2
0
0
  23 / 8
-
 28 / 8 S.T.S. Elaine
1
0
51
8
5
8
  22 / 9
-
 26 / 9 S.T.S. Kit
0
7
0
0
1
0
  7 /10
-
 16 /10 S.T.S. Nina
0
0
2
0
0
0
  17 /10
-
 29 /10 T. Rita
0
0
3
1
5
0
1979 1 / 7
-
 6 / 7 T. Ellis
0
0
0
0
2
0
  26 / 7
-
 30 / 7 T.S. Gordon
0
0
0
0
2
0
  28 / 7
-
 3 / 8 T. Hope
12
0