• How climate change makes lightning our enemy as the no.1 natural killer

  • Jun 30 2022
  • Length: 30 mins
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How climate change makes lightning our enemy as the no.1 natural killer

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  • At 2000 deaths on an average per year, lightning kills more people than any other natural event or disaster. In this episode of Science & Us, we find out how climate change leads to an increase in lightning strikes, why it is not notified as a national disaster, and how we can protect ourselves from it. Our reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Colonel Sanjay Srivastava, chairman of the climate resilient Observing System promotion Council (CROPC) and convenor of the Lightning Resilient India campaign. She also speaks to Arun Kundu, Secretary of Smart Future Foundation in West Bengal, about his work of visiting villages to make them lightning resilient. Our Contributing Editor Menaka Rao co-hosts this episode.

    Annual Lightning Report 2021-2022
    Lightning occurrences and intensity over the Indian region: long-term trends and future projections
    Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming.
    Lightning kills more Indians than any other natural disaster. Can those deaths be prevented?

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