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

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 reco...

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Main Authors: A Rahim, Syakura, Izadi, Mahdi, Osman, Miszaina, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Abu Bakar, Elistina, Gomes, Chandima, Jasni, Jasronita
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/
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author A Rahim, Syakura
Izadi, Mahdi
Osman, Miszaina
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Abu Bakar, Elistina
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
author_facet A Rahim, Syakura
Izadi, Mahdi
Osman, Miszaina
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Abu Bakar, Elistina
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
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description 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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spelling upm-781482020-06-15T06:53:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/ On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019 A Rahim, Syakura Izadi, Mahdi Osman, Miszaina Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Abu Bakar, Elistina Gomes, Chandima Jasni, Jasronita 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. IEEE 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/1/On%20the%20comparison%20of%20lightning%20fatality%20rates%20between%20states%20in%20Malaysia%20from%202008-2019.pdf 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. . 10.1109/APL.2019.8816021
spellingShingle A Rahim, Syakura
Izadi, Mahdi
Osman, Miszaina
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Abu Bakar, Elistina
Gomes, Chandima
Jasni, Jasronita
On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title_full On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title_fullStr On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title_full_unstemmed On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title_short On the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in Malaysia from 2008-2019
title_sort on the comparison of lightning fatality rates between states in malaysia from 2008-2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78148/1/On%20the%20comparison%20of%20lightning%20fatality%20rates%20between%20states%20in%20Malaysia%20from%202008-2019.pdf