oh, poor tarpon. >> sorry, tarpon. >> sorry. >> beachgoers on florida's atlantic coast had to deal withdly hazard of their own. >> the sky was clear. the sun was actually out at the time. and friends were walking in the sand at daytona beach and thought the storm was behind them when a deadly bolt of lightning struck. abc's marci gonzalez with the story. >> lightning strike. people at 3200 south beach. >> reporter: lightning striking on this florida beach, killing one person, leaving two others injured. >> it was just a loud explosion, and like a flash, and my head felt like it was going to explode off the top of my head. >> reporter: anna says she was walking along daytona beach shores with a friend saturday never imagining she could be hit. >> we were in the sunny part. the storm was behind us. >> it can be very deceiving to people. it starts to clear up. the sun starts to come out. people want to get back in the water. >> reporter: lightning strikes in the u.s. now claiming the lives of seven people so far in 2016 and 31 people on average each year. first responders warning, if you h