Abstract
This paper investigates humans accidents caused by lightning in the Legal Amazon region in Brazil. The main goal of this work is to develop statistical analyses of lightning deaths and Injuries, in order to measure an extension of the damage caused by this natural phenomenon to the local people. In addition, this paper presents a specific case study in which 4 humans beings were killed by lightning. This study considered 80 incidents obtained with our own search methodology and 38 reported by the Atmospheric Electricity Group (ELAT) of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) for the period of 10 years (2009-2019). This study also related the number of deaths and accidents with the occurrence of lightning in the region. In addition, it was possible to observe that about 38% of people struck by lightning in the region died. This study updates the statistics about lightning deaths and injuries in the Amazon Region, besides that it can be used to improve some actions to protect people against this natural phenomenon.
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