Characteristics of Lightning Disasters in Hubei Province
Lightning disaster data in Hubei from 2000 to 2020 are utilized for calculating the lightning disaster grades,losses,casualties and affected sectors and for analyzing the variation characteristics of lightning disasters with different grades as well as the characteristics of losses in different sectors and in life and economy.The results show that the lightning disasters in Hubei from 2000 to 2020 were mainly of general and large grades,accounting for 96.31%.Lightning disasters with major,large and general grades all showed the trend of increasing firstly and then decreasing.The eastern part of Hubei was the region frequently hit by lightning disasters,and lightning disasters with large and higher grades often occurred in Jianghan Plain,while the lighting disasters in the western part of Hubei mainly belonged to the general grade.Agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry and fishery were the four sectors that were most vulnerable to lightning disasters,with the most serious casualties and equipment damages.However,the situation exhibited a downward trend.The manufacturing industry suffered the most serious economic loss due to lightning disasters,especially in the northeast Hubei.The life loss index was high in the east and low in the west.The life and economic loss indexes with high and even higher grades were mainly concentrated in the central region of Eastern Hubei,and a few scattered in Northwest Hubei and Jianghan Plain.
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