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Lightning is very rare in the Philippines, so about 10 per year!
On average, around 11-12 people are killed by lightning strikes each year in the Philippines. Lightning safety measures and awareness campaigns are in place to reduce these incidents.
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These are only averages World-wide 10,000About 90 in the U.S.The risk of being killed by lightning is 1 in 28,500.
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Because every time people are outside when it's raining lightning comes down and hits us.
Ex president Ferdinand Marcos killed too many of his people in the Philippines. 1 000 000 000 000 people he killed.
There are no clear statistics. One estimate is that 24,000 people are killed by lightning strikes around the world each year and about 240,000 are injured. Another estimate is that the annual global death toll is 6,000.
According to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, "In Canada, lightning kills about seven people and seriously injures 60 to 70 people a year." This quotes, plus lots more information on Canadian lightning activity, can be found at: weatheroffice.ecOn average 7 people are killed by lightning every year in Canada. 60 to 70 People are "seriously injured"Latest 2008 statistics from Environment Canada Weather Office Lightning Detection.See link below
380,000,000 people in the Philippines
mostly the ones that don t have the sense to come inside during a storm
Lightning can affect people in many ways, such as losing friends, family, houses, furniture etc. Lightning kills many people every year around the world and 74% of people that get hit by lightning have permanent damage for the rest of their life.