At 2000 deaths on an average per year, lightning kills more people than any other natural event or disaster. In this episode of Science & Us, we find out how climate change leads to an increase in lightning strikes, why it is not notified as a national disaster, and how we can protect ourselves from it. Our reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Colonel Sanjay Srivastava, chairman of the climate resilient Observing System promotion Council (CROPC) and convenor of the Lightning Resilient India campaign. She also speaks to Arun Kundu, Secretary of Smart Future Foundation in West Bengal, about his work of visiting villages to make them lightning resilient. Our Contributing Editor Menaka Rao co-hosts this episode.

Annual Lightning Report 2021-2022 
Lightning occurrences and intensity over the Indian region: long-term trends and future projections
Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming.
Lightning kills more Indians than any other natural disaster. Can those deaths be prevented?

At 2000 deaths on an average per year, lightning kills more people than any other natural event or disaster. In this episode of Science &amp; Us, we find out how climate change leads to an increase in lightning strikes, why it is not notified as a national disaster, and how we can protect ourselves from it. Our reporter Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Colonel Sanjay Srivastava, chairman of the climate resilient Observing System promotion Council (CROPC) and convenor of the Lightning Resilient India campaign. She also speaks to Arun Kundu, Secretary of Smart Future Foundation in West Bengal, about his work of visiting villages to make them lightning resilient. Our Contributing Editor Menaka Rao co-hosts this episode.
<a href="http://www.cropc.org/LR/Ex%20Summary,%20Annual%20Lightning%20Report%202021-2022%20(5).pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cropc.org/LR/Ex%2520Summary,%2520Annual%2520Lightning%2520Report%25202021-2022%2520(5).pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656681905395000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vI7QvYnWAde-ffI-RWStx">Annual Lightning Report 2021-2022 </a>  <a href="https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/11161/2021/acp-21-11161-2021.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/11161/2021/acp-21-11161-2021.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656681905395000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Hy_paMCo8N6aV6-v6pE7T">Lightning occurrences and intensity over the Indian region: long-term trends and future projections</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1259100#:~:text=They%20predict%20that%20the%20number,in%20global%20average%20air%20temperature" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1259100%23:~:text%3DThey%2520predict%2520that%2520the%2520number,in%2520global%2520average%2520air%2520temperature&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656681905395000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VsOVuck2aSRrmWU-PdnIQ">Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming</a>. <a href="https://scroll.in/pulse/810598/lightning-kills-more-indians-than-any-other-natural-disaster-can-those-deaths-be-prevented" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scroll.in/pulse/810598/lightning-kills-more-indians-than-any-other-natural-disaster-can-those-deaths-be-prevented&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1656681905395000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dx3eaLmSfRKXGH-4eWiIx">Lightning kills more Indians than any other natural disaster. Can those deaths be prevented?</a>

The podcast series 'Science and Us' explains how we understand science around us and how it impacts us every single day. It will demystify scientific concepts and explain the scientific logic behind them.

 'Science and Us' explains the understanding of scientific principles in history and culture and also help bust myths about commonly held beliefs in cultures.

The podcast series 'Science and Us' explains how we understand science around us and how it impacts us every single day. It will demystify scientific concepts and explain the scientific logic behind them.
&nbsp;'Science and Us' explains the understanding of scientific principles in history and culture and also help bust myths about commonly held beliefs in cultures.

Science & Us

The podcast series 'Science and Us' explains how we understand science around us and how it impacts us every single day. It will demystify scientific concepts and explain the scientific logic behind them.

'Science and Us' explains the understanding of scientific principles in history and culture and also help bust myths about commonly held beliefs in cultures now.

The podcast series 'Science and Us' explains how we understand science around us and how it impacts us every single day. It will demystify scientific concepts and explain the scientific logic behind them.
'Science and Us' explains the understanding of scientific principles in history and culture and also help bust myths about commonly held beliefs in cultures now.

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