On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019

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A Rahim, Syakura and Izadi, Mahdi and Osman, Miszaina and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Abu Bakar, Elistina and Gomes, Chandima and Jasni, Jasronita (2019) On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019. In: 11th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning (APL 2019), 12-14 June 2019, Hong Kong, China. .

Abstract

This study briefly canvasses lightning fatalities in Malaysia. Acquiring lightning fatality statics are a challenge as mandatory reporting of such events is seldom required, and as such, many lightning incidences were unreported. For that reason, numerous cases were undocumented in the official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a severe problem, information on numbers, exposed locations and their backgrounds are essential to determine vulnerable areas. A theoretical approach using Gomes-Kadir equation was also tested to estimate annual lightning deaths in each state of Malaysia using lightning density and sociological factors and the results compared against known fatality data.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Human Ecology
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/APL.2019.8816021
Publisher:	IEEE
Keywords:	Lightning density; Flash; Fatalities; Lightning safety; Lightning hazard; Lightning injury; Natural disaster
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2020 06:53
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2020 06:53
Altmetrics:	http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1109/APL.2019.8816021
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148
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