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Lightning: Social and Economic Impact
- Costs and losses to agricultural and livestock producers
- Loss of livestock
- Damage to houses, barns, and other farm buildings
- Damage to farm machinery
- Damage to fences
- Loss of timber production
- Loss of trees due to lightning strikes
- Forest fires ignited by lightning strikes
- Urban, residential, and commercial impacts
- Damage to and destruction of buildings by lightning strikes and fires
- Electrical appliances damaged or destroyed by power surges
- Loss of trees and landscaping
- Disruption of services
- Health
- Injuries
- Fatalities
- Mental and physical stress associated with loss of family, friends, and property
- General economic effects
- Revenue loss from lost production in business and industry
- Negative impact of economic multipliers
- Costs to repair damaged infrastructure
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