Lightning environment in Burundi

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Lightning environment in Burundi

This paper presents preliminary studies on the lightning accident details in Burundi, a landlocked country in East Africa. The reported lightning incident record in 2012 and 2013 depicts that there are 52 human deaths, 94 human survivals with injuries and 40 deaths of livestock. Makamba province rec...

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Main Authors:	Nibigira, Edward, Gomes, Chandima
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Published:	2014
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32577/

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