Abstract. The Flood Damage Database HOWAS21 contains object-specific flood damage data resulting from fluvial, pluvial and groundwater flooding in Germany. The datasets incorporate various pieces of information about flood impacts, exposure, vulnerability, and direct tangible damage at properties from several economic sectors. The main purpose of development and design of HOWAS21 is to support forensic flood analysis and the derivation of flood damage estimation models. This paper highlights exemplary analyses to demonstrate the use of HOWAS21 flood damage data in these two application areas. The data applications indicate a large potential of the database for fostering a better understanding and estimation of the consequences of flooding. HOWAS21 recently enlarged its scope and is now also open for international flood damage data.
National (Slovenia) National, regional, municipal 2003 -present Incorporation of damage to crops and property when the level of damage exceeds 0.03% of the national budget Civil protection offices, environmental agencies, scientific institutions, auditors, insurance companies No public access Rudari et al., 2017 -Table S1. Examples of natural hazard damage databases providing information on flood impacts (continuation). This list of databases is not exhaustive
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