Tropical Cyclones in 2024 > Table 4.10
Table 4.10 Damage caused by tropical cyclones in Hong Kong in 2024
| Name of tropical cyclone | 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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| Agriculture | 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 (case) | Agriculture | Public works facilities | Public utilities | Private property | Industry | Total (a) |
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| Tropical Storm Maliksi | 5 - 6 | Pavement: 1 | Telecommunication facilities: 597 | 1 | 33 | 0.0300 | 0.0300 | |||||||||
| Severe Tropical Storm Prapiroon | 7 |
Signage: 1 Telecommunication facilities: 573 |
7 | 0.0115 | 0.0115 | |||||||||||
| Super Typhoon Yagi | 9 |
Access road: 2 Fence: 3 Lamppost: 1 Pavilion: 1 River embankment: 1 Road: 6 sites Sign board: 1 |
Electric cable: 1 Roller shutter: 1 Sea water pump: 1 Telecommunication facilities: 650 |
5 | 2 | 3 | 581 | 1.2063 | 1.2063 | 36.2676 | 37.4738 | |||||
| Typhoon Trami | 10 | Telecommunication facilities: 1,167 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Super Typhoon Yinxing | 11 |
Notice board: 2 Signage: 1 Fender: 1 Others: 2 |
Telecommunication facilities: 194 | 1 | 108 | 0.0105 | 0.0105 | |||||||||
| Typhoon Toraji | 11 | Fence: 2 | Telecommunication facilities: 1,380 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 0.7000 | 0.7000 | 5.0348 | 5.7348 | ||||||
| Super Typhoon Man-yi | 11 | Fence: 1 |
Electric pole: 1 Telecommunication facilities: 438 |
4 | 6 | |||||||||||
# 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 Super Typhoon Yagi and Typhoon Toraji in 2024.
* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 24 April 2025). 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.
* The data is provided by relevant government departments and public utility companies (up to 24 April 2025). 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.