Recent statistics on lightning fatalities in Malaysia

Author

Kadir, M. Z A Ab ; Misbah, N.R. ; Gomes, C. ; Jasni, J. ; Ahmad, W. F Wan ; Hassan, M.K.

Author_Institution

Centre of Excellence on Lightning Protection (CELP), Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

2-7 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

It is a fact that Malaysia encounters more than 70% of power outages due to lightning and it is known as the “Crown of Lightning” in the world. The effects of lightning on electrical/communication networks and structures account for equipment damage, downtime/data losses and malfunctioning of control and automated systems that may cost the nation over RM 250 million and thousands of human injuries and deaths. Good statistics about death and injuries around the world are just beginning to be collected. This paper presents an update of the statistics on lightning fatalities in Malaysia and some comparisons with other countries around the world. In addition, a case study that accounts the geographical location, lightning detection data and distribution system layout will be presented.

Keywords

injuries; lightning; lightning protection; power apparatus; power distribution protection; power distribution reliability; statistics; Malaysia; automated system; communication network; control system; data loss; distribution system layout; electrical network; equipment damage; geographical location; human injury; lightning detection data; lightning fatality; power outage; statistics; Asia; Clouds; Injuries; Lightning protection; USA Councils; Lightning; lightning detection system; lightning fatalities; lightning injury;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1898-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1896-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344337

Filename

6344337