In the United States, there are approximately 25 million lightning strikes per year with an average of 47 deaths per year from lightning strikes. Lightning strikes are one of the leading causes of weather-related death with an approximately 10% mortality rate in the United States. Death usually...
There is evidence that humans can survive a direct lightning strike to the head. Our question is: could water (rain) on the skin contribute to an increase in the survival rate? We measure the influence of rain during high-energy direct lightning strikes on a realistic three-compartment human...
a, Burned area from lightning in extratropical intact forests is considerably higher than in the rest of the world.b,c, The fire-related forest loss rate (b) and carbon combustion (c) are also higher in extratropical intact forests compared with both tropical intact forests and the global ave...
Rates of lightning mortality in communities on the western shore of Lake Malawi are higher than any other reported rate in the world: 419 strike victims pe... J Salerno,L Msalu,T Caro,... - 《Natural Hazards》 被引量: 9发表: 2012年 加载更多0...
This event only had one positive strike with Doppler radar reflectivity values exceeding 30 dBz only once as well. The severe case occurred in the evening in northern Illinois on 11 February 2003. This case was associated with a cold front and a clipper-type system moving south out of Canada...
Maps and charts show the percentages of victims with respect to age, sex, locality, activity, and other circumstances of the strike. The majority of the 650 fatalities recorded have occurred along the more populous southeastern coast. The overall death rate, from 1910–1989, is 0.08 per 100 ...
This exposure can precipitate ventricular fibrillation (VF), which is analogous to the R-on-T phenomenon.2 Lightning Strike The mortality rate from lightning injuries is 30%, and up to 70% of survivors sus...
It must not be forgotten that lightning strikes are an uncommon natural catastrophe but have a high mortality rate. Together with the non-specific autopsy findings, examination of the scene of the incident and witness statements will be able to support the determinat...
75 The system then combines the data received from all stations to provide a detailed analysis of individual flashes with 100 ms accuracy for the time of strike. It also provides the shape and size of the ellipse that can be said to contain the location of the strike with a 90% level...
The global mortality rate from lightning could be around 1,000per year. Table 16.1 tabulates the lightning-caused fatalities in several countries.doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8938-7_16VernonCoorayVernonCooraySpringer Netherlands