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Area of Science:

  • Natural Hazards
  • Climate Science
  • Risk Assessment

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  • Extreme wind events are significant, costly natural disasters in Europe.
  • Windstorm damage is understudied, often relying on unavailable insurance data.
  • Existing damage estimation tools are often proprietary.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a generic, high-resolution, reproducible, and publicly accessible wind damage model.
  • To assess building damages from extratropical storms in Europe.
  • To provide a transferable methodology for global application and other hazards.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized publicly available hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data.
  • Developed an open-source wind damage model.
  • Applied the model to extratropical storms across Europe.

Main Results:

  • Identified coastal regions in Europe as most affected.
  • The United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Denmark are the most impacted countries.
  • Modelled damage estimates align with reported damages from historical storms.

Conclusions:

  • The developed model offers a transparent and usable tool for windstorm damage assessment.
  • The methodology is adaptable globally and for various natural hazards.
  • Open-source availability promotes broader use and research in windstorm impact.