Watch What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Beach
If you think it’s okay to go swimming during a thunderstorm, think again.
A recent slow-motion video taken in the coastal Florida town of Daytona Beach reveals what happens when lightning hits water. The result is amazing — and terrifying.
The footage begins, looking like a typical thunderstorm, then a streak of lightning emerges and touches the water, bursting into an amplified stream of light. When the voltage disappears, it leaves behind a trace of fire and smoke in its place.
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Lightning strikes. (Photo: Clint Belvins/YouTube)
Luckily, nobody was on the shore when this video was taken by YouTuber Clint Belvins — but that’s not always the case in lightning strikes. Last week, a boy was struck by lightning while vacationing at Daytona Beach and was then hospitalized. It is undetermined whether the video was shot the same day the boy was struck.
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