Research Article
People Deaths and Injuries Caused by Lightning in Himalayan Region, Nepal
Table 3
Monthly lightning in the Himalayan region within the period of January 2011 to December 2021.
| Year | No. of event | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
| January | Death | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | Incident | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 48 | Injured | — | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 83 | February | Death | — | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 44 | Incident | — | 9 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 131 | Injured | — | 27 | 15 | 15 | 37 | — | 0 | 24 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 194 | March | Death | — | 3 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 76 | Incident | — | 6 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 45 | 18 | 222 | Injured | — | 18 | 74 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 44 | 20 | 295 | April | Death | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 168 | Incident | 11 | 51 | 51 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 | 56 | 69 | 63 | 451 | Injured | 9 | 102 | 80 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 45 | 66 | 110 | 100 | 41 | 626 | May | Death | 15 | 27 | 12 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 195 | Incident | 23 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 27 | 50 | 65 | 32 | 51 | 46 | 38 | 419 | Injured | 31 | 50 | 23 | 45 | 54 | 43 | 96 | 46 | 56 | 45 | 47 | 536 | June | Death | 14 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 203 | Incident | 19 | 21 | 37 | 48 | 25 | 51 | 19 | 58 | 54 | 32 | 31 | 395 | Injured | 19 | 21 | 28 | 64 | 18 | 68 | 24 | 72 | 45 | 27 | 29 | 415 | July | Death | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 86 | Incident | 22 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 189 | Injured | 22 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 160 | August | Death | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 96 | Incident | 9 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 212 | Injured | 19 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 47 | 24 | 6 | 220 | September | Death | 17 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 113 | Incident | 25 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 251 | Injured | 21 | 17 | 16 | 34 | — | 31 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 33 | 240 | October | Death | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | Incident | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 63 | Injured | 17 | — | 2 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 76 | November | Death | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Incident | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Injured | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | December | Death | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | Incident | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | Injured | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | Total | Death | 76 | 118 | 147 | 97 | 103 | 118 | 85 | 75 | 94 | 82 | 55 | 1050 | Incident | 120 | 210 | 213 | 177 | 148 | 206 | 188 | 244 | 383 | 305 | 208 | 2402 | Injured | 138 | 267 | 286 | 227 | 187 | 240 | 251 | 300 | 451 | 310 | 193 | 2850 |
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