2. Probability of lightning injury events
Lightning damage is an event that we often hear and encounter in our lives. Especially in our modern society, on the one hand, we pay more and more attention to disaster prevention and mitigation, on the other hand, the dissemination of social information is also very rapid. When lightning strikes there, social news media will report it immediately and people will know it immediately.
In 2004, some areas in China were struck by lightning as follows:
Last year, about 6,000 people were killed or injured by lightning in China, including 3,000 people who died. The economic loss caused by equipment damage caused by fire and lightning stroke is about 7 billion yuan. Accordingly, the probability of death by lightning is 2.3 per million.
In 2004, there were 57 lightning casualties in Yunnan Province, with 48 deaths and 39 injuries.
In the first eight months of 2004, 30 people were killed and nearly 40 injured by lightning in Sichuan Province, resulting in direct economic losses of more than 5 million yuan.
In 2002, the lightning disaster in Guizhou Province caused 69 deaths, more than 40 injuries and economic losses of more than 80 million yuan. In 2003, 20 people died, 25 people were injured and the economic loss was nearly 70 million yuan.
In 2004, there were 2 179 lightning accidents in Guangdong province, resulting in casualties 1 10, injuries 165438, and 98 deaths, all increasing by 12 times over the previous year, and the number of casualties was the highest in the past 50 years. Lightning disasters caused direct economic losses of 654.38+0.8 billion yuan and indirect economic losses of nearly 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, both higher than last year.
In the first eight months of 2004, except Puyang City, there were about 135 lightning disasters in seven provincial cities in Henan Province. According to incomplete statistics, lightning disasters caused 15 deaths, 16 injuries, and 7 cases caused direct economic losses of more than 400,000 yuan.