This article assesses the extent and costs of lightning-related damage and disruption in Canada. Lightning routinely … electricity sectors. Aggregated, annual lightning-related damage and disruption costs in Canada range from CA$600 million to CA$1 … measures, particularly those that relate to expanded or enriched use of the Canadian Lightning Detection Network data by both …

An investigation is undertaken to analyze the human lightning fatalities in Swaziland. A total of 123 victims of … lightning-related death were identified from the records of the Royal Swaziland Police Service and the local printed media for … average age of 28 years. Lightning fatalities occurred from September to May mainly in the afternoon (1400–1800 h). Deaths …

This article summarizes research completed to assess the risk of lightning-related injuries and fatalities in Canada …. Although lightning mortality has declined significantly over the past century, it remains a common meteorological hazard that … visit records, and fire loss data, the authors estimate that on average about 9–10 lightning-related deaths and 92 …

It is true that such a long-range forecasting of lightning is not possible, the reason being the abrupt high value of … the parameters at the time of lightning strike as compared to other weather conditions. But still a system that will … predict the occurrence of lightning over few minutes or few hours will be beneficial for protection of lives and equipments …