Dramatic video shows a man struck by lightning last week on Staten Island during strong storms.
The tropical-like downpours triggered flash flooding, stranding some motorists and forcing them to abandon their ride.
It's plain and simple - no place outside is safe when a thunderstorm is in the area.
Many municipalities have put in safeguards or lightning prediction systems that can read electrical pulses in the air to predict the possibility of a strike from five to 15 miles away.
A 27-year-old deliveryman described the moments after a lightning strike during storms earlier this week that narrowly missed him.
One person is dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a lightning strike in Jackson Township, New Jersey, on Wednesday.