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Extreme winds caused by tropical cyclones offer a unique opportunity to evaluate physical damage to building structures. On 20 February 2016, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston (TC Winston) made landfall in Fiji, causing damage to over 30, 000 buildings. This article presents an empirical wind buil...
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| description | Extreme winds caused by tropical cyclones offer a unique opportunity to evaluate physical damage to building structures. On 20 February 2016, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston (TC Winston) made landfall in Fiji, causing damage to over 30, 000 buildings. This article presents an empirical wind building damage dataset for Fiji collected from onsite damage assessments in the TC Winston aftermath. The dataset represents over 700 building-specific records of hazard, building and damage variables recorded during a four-day survey in March 2016. Physical damage to building structures, contents, stock, equipment and plant are presented, along with disruption to residential building habitability and non-residential building services. The dataset provides a valuable record of building damage caused by TC Winston extreme winds that can be used with numerical wind model hazard intensity outputs to formulate building-specific wind vulnerability models for damage prediction in future extreme wind events. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-94e36741b4594d4ebce30bfcbb82be4f2025-08-20T03:25:04ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-06-016011146310.1016/j.dib.2025.111463Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodoRyan Paulik0Shaun Williams1Misaeli Funaki2Richard Turner3Meteorology and Remote Sensing, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), 301 Evans Bay, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; Corresponding author.Environmental Hazards, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, 10 Kyle Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New ZealandFiji Meteorological Service, Korowai Road, NAP 0351. Nadi Airport, FijiMeteorology and Remote Sensing, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), 301 Evans Bay, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New ZealandExtreme winds caused by tropical cyclones offer a unique opportunity to evaluate physical damage to building structures. On 20 February 2016, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston (TC Winston) made landfall in Fiji, causing damage to over 30, 000 buildings. This article presents an empirical wind building damage dataset for Fiji collected from onsite damage assessments in the TC Winston aftermath. The dataset represents over 700 building-specific records of hazard, building and damage variables recorded during a four-day survey in March 2016. Physical damage to building structures, contents, stock, equipment and plant are presented, along with disruption to residential building habitability and non-residential building services. The dataset provides a valuable record of building damage caused by TC Winston extreme winds that can be used with numerical wind model hazard intensity outputs to formulate building-specific wind vulnerability models for damage prediction in future extreme wind events.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925001957Tropical cyclone WinstonExtreme windsBuilding damagePost-event surveyVulnerability models |
| spellingShingle | Ryan Paulik Shaun Williams Misaeli Funaki Richard Turner Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo Data in Brief Tropical cyclone Winston Extreme winds Building damage Post-event survey Vulnerability models |
| title | Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo |
| title_full | Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo |
| title_fullStr | Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo |
| title_short | Wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone Winston in FijiZenodo |
| title_sort | wind damage dataset for buildings from 2016 tropical cyclone winston in fijizenodo |
| topic | Tropical cyclone Winston Extreme winds Building damage Post-event survey Vulnerability models |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925001957 |
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