Summer Beach Day Turns Dangerous As Lightning Strikes Three At St. Augustine Pier In Florida

Three group were injured aft being struck by lightning successful a celebrated summertime formation getaway municipality connected Saturday night. 

Two of nan victims of nan onslaught successful St. Augustine Pier in Florida were transported to nan hospital, 1 successful captious information and 1 pinch insignificant injuries, according to WJXT. A 3rd personification refused to beryllium taken to nan hospital. 

The pier was closed down while occurrence crews attended to nan injured, and it was inspected for damage. It is expected to reopen connected Monday. 

A agelong vulnerability of waves astatine sunrise by St. Augustine Pier. (Getty Images)

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"Please debar nan pier while emergency operations are underway — and remember, erstwhile thunder roars, spell indoors," St. John's County Fire Rescue said successful a Facebook post. "Stay safe and upwind aware."

St. Augustine Beach Mayor Dylan Rumrell echoed that sentiment, informing residents to activity shelter if they perceive thunder. 

"There’s a large big wind and lightning tin deed astatine immoderate time," he reportedly said. 

According to nan report, nan lightning onslaught near beachgoers, swimmers and surfers successful a panic, and galore ran for their cars successful nan contiguous aftermath. 

Pier astatine St Augustine formation pinch group stepping connected it.  (Getty Images)

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"I sewage scared, everybody was scared," said 1 witness. 

According to nan National Weather Service, location person been six lightning onslaught fatalities successful nan United Sates successful 2025, each successful different states. North Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Oklahoma person each seen fatal strikes. 

The 10-year mean yearly fatality complaint from lightning strikes is 20 group per year. 

To trim nan consequence of being struck by lightning, nan National Weather Service instructs group to instantly move distant from precocious ground, including hills, upland ridges aliases peaks.

Thunder, lightning strikes and rainfall during summertime storm. (iStock)

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The statement says ne'er to dishonesty down to debar lightning, ne'er to hide nether an isolated tree, ne'er usage a cliff aliases rocky overhang for shelter and to instantly move distant from bodies of h2o and thing that conducts electricity.