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This paper presents a compilation of some of the educational methodologies proposed and implemented to promote and spread the lightning safety message within populations with particular characteristics, reviewing previous documentation from researches whose results and experiences have contributed to reach people with helpful information that can save their lives. Likewise, 10 lightning incidents...
Lightning accidents involving several fatalities and injuries are reported every year in the world. Colombia, a country with a high keraunic level, reports frequently lightning fatalities involving several injury mechanisms. However, there are also some fortunate cases where the victims have survived without disabling traumas. Two nonfatal events in which lightning strikes persons are reported. In...
There are many records of people and animals victims of lightning while under trees in the thunderstorms. However, there are fewer studies that model cases where lightning strikes a tree and the ground current reaches people far from the trees. This paper offers a case study based on a lightning strike to a tree that injured 31 people sheltering in a nearby masonry building, and presents a simulation...
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