Lightning fatalities over India: 1979–2011

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Submitted by susan on Mon, 2018-03-12 12:30

Information on fatalities in India as a result of lightning flashes has been extracted from a database on disastrous weather events of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Records dating from 1979 to 2011 indicate that about 5259 persons have been killed by lightning strikes in India. The maximum number of lightning fatalities was observed in the states of Maharashtra (29%), West Bengal (12%) and Uttar Pradesh (9%).

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thesaurus: 
Natural Disasters
India
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
Maharashtra
West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh
Main Topic: 
Natural Disasters
Author: 
Omvir Singh
Jagdeep Singh
Name of the Journal: 
Meteorological Applications
Attachment(s): 
Lightning fatalities India.pdf
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Publication Date: 
30/09/2015