WMO Assessment of Weather and Climate Mortality Extremes: Lightning, Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hail

A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Climatology international panel was convened to examine and assess the available evidence associated with five weather-related mortality extremes: 1) lightning (indirect), 2) lightning (direct), 3) tropical cyclones, 4) tornadoes, and 5) hail....

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Main Authors: Cerveny, R., Bessemoulin, P., Burt, C., Cooper, M., Cunjie, Z., Dewan, Ashraf, Finch, J., Holle, R., Kalkstein, L., Kruger, A., Lee, T., Martínez, R., Mohapatra, M., Pattanaik, D., Peterson, T., Sheridan, S., Trewin, B., Tait, A., Abdel Wahab, M.M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53049