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Title: | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 | Authors: | Syakura, A.R. Ab Kadir, M.Z.A. Gomes, C. Elistina, A.B. Cooper, M.A. |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Abstract: | Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reportingof such events is seldom required. As a result, many cases will not be in official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a serious problem, information on numbers and more vulnerable locations are important. In this study, Gomes-Kadir equation was used to estimate the annual lightning deaths in Malaysia using lightning density and sociological factors. The recorded data shows a lightning fatality rate of 12.5 deaths yr-1 with 4 deaths per ten-million population yr-1. The empirical formula estimates 20.9 deaths yr-1 and 6.7 dptm yr-1. Under-reporting of death events and the lack of consideration of topological factorsin Gomes-Kadir equation have been highlighted as the reasons behind this discrepancy. © 2018 IEEE. | URI: | http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/11526 | DOI: | 10.1109/ICLP.2018.8503420 |
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