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Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017

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dc.contributor.authorSyakura A.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAb Kadir M.Z.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGomes C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorElistina A.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCooper M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57193704564en_US
dc.contributor.authorid25947297000en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57201335285en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55025523800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid7404411572en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:50:39Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:50:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionLightning protection; Population statistics; fatalities; flash; Lightning density; Lightning injury; natural disaste; Lightningen_US
dc.description.abstractStatistics 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.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo8503420
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ICLP.2018.8503420
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85056865598
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056865598&doi=10.1109%2fICLP.2018.8503420&partnerID=40&md5=c697802770185d4da6ef07d1ce4de053
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23636
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Green
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitle34th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2018
dc.titleComparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017en_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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