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dc.contributor.authorCerveny, R.
dc.contributor.authorBessemoulin, P.
dc.contributor.authorBurt, C.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, M.
dc.contributor.authorCunjie, Z.
dc.contributor.authorDewan, Ashraf
dc.contributor.authorFinch, J.
dc.contributor.authorHolle, R.
dc.contributor.authorKalkstein, L.
dc.contributor.authorKruger, A.
dc.contributor.authorLee, T.
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, R.
dc.contributor.authorMohapatra, M.
dc.contributor.authorPattanaik, D.
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, T.
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, S.
dc.contributor.authorTrewin, B.
dc.contributor.authorTait, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdel Wahab, M.M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T07:51:48Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T07:51:48Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationCerveny, R. and Bessemoulin, P. and Burt, C. and Cooper, M. and Cunjie, Z. and Dewan, A. and Finch, J. et al. 2017. WMO Assessment of Weather and Climate Mortality Extremes: Lightning, Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hail. Weather, Climate and Society. 9: pp. 487-497.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53049
dc.identifier.doi10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0120.1
dc.description.abstract

A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Climatology international panel was convened to examine and assess the available evidence associated with five weather-related mortality extremes: 1) lightning (indirect), 2) lightning (direct), 3) tropical cyclones, 4) tornadoes, and 5) hail. After recommending for acceptance of only events after 1873 (the formation of the predecessor of the WMO), the committee evaluated and accepted the following mortality extremes: 1) “highest mortality (indirect strike) associated with lightning” as the 469 people killed in a lightning-caused oil tank fire in Dronka, Egypt, on 2 November 1994; 2) “highest mortality directly associated with a single lightning flash” as the lightning flash that killed 21 people in a hut in Manica Tribal Trust Lands, Zimbabwe (at time of incident, eastern Rhodesia), on 23 December 1975; 3) “highest mortality associated with a tropical cyclone” as the Bangladesh (at time of incident, East Pakistan) cyclone of 12–13 November 1970 with an estimated death toll of 300 000 people; 4) “highest mortality associated with a tornado” as the 26 April 1989 tornado that destroyed the Manikganj district, Bangladesh, with an estimated death toll of 1300 individuals; and 5) “highest mortality associated with a hailstorm” as the storm occurring near Moradabad, India, on 30 April 1888 that killed 246 people. These mortality extremes serve to further atmospheric science by giving baseline mortality values for comparison to future weather-related catastrophes and also allow for adjudication of new meteorological information as it becomes available.

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dc.publisherAmerican Meteorological Societyen_US
dc.titleWMO Assessment of Weather and Climate Mortality Extremes: Lightning, Tropical Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hailen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.source.volume9en_US
dcterms.source.monthJulyen_US
dcterms.source.startPage487en_US
dcterms.source.endPage497en_US
dcterms.source.titleWeather, Climate and Societyen_US
curtin.departmentWestern Australian School of Minesen_US
curtin.accessStatusOpen accessen_US
curtin.facultyScience and Engineeringen_US


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