Experimental Evaluation of Lightning and Weather Alert Methods in Rural India using LoRa and IoT Technology with Nanosensors

Table 1

Comparison between existing lightning alert systems and proposed lightning alert system.

Parameter	Existing systems	Proposed systems
Alert methods	SMS and mobile apps	Announcement, siren, WhatsApp, VOIP, email, SMS, and mobile apps
Technology used	Cellular mobile network and IoT	LoRa and IoT
Implementation	Difficulty	Simple
Network facility	Mandatory	Optional
Development cost	Expensive	Low cost
Alert coverage to	Less people	More people
Source of lightning data	Earth network data and radar/satellite	Realtime weather data with prediction