Lightning doesn't happen every day in California. It is an awe-inspiring sight, but also very dangerous as a mom and her children were reminded earlier this week in Huntington Beach, California.

Fox Weather shared the story that Tiffanie Buckner told Storyful. Tiffanie was trying to capture video of the lightning that she was seeing to share with her family when she and her children were startled by the close lightning strike, just across the cul-de-sac from them.

How rare is lightning in Southern California?

There are not very many thunderstorms with lightning that happen in California. The graphic below from NOAA shows that coastal California sees 10 days or less with thunderstorms with lightning per year. loading...

What should you do if lightning is nearby?

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