New video shows the terrifying moment one family was jolted out of their seats when a lightning strike shook their home in Miami-Dade.

Jameson Rodriguez was lying on the couch when, in a matter of seconds, a powerful bolt of lightning struck just steps away from the home.

“Everything was white, and I knew that lightning had hit, but I had never been that close to it before,” he told NBC6 on Friday.

He said it felt like an explosion.

“The whole house shook,” he said. “It moved the camera too. I got up, and I looked to see if my dog was OK.”

“Jesus Christ!” Jameson exclaims in the home surveillance video. “It knocked down the tree.”

His sister January ran to look outside and saw their massive tree split into pieces.

“It was like crackling,” she said. “It hit it, and then after the branch fell off to the ground, there was still a huge crack in the middle.”

For families across the area, the video is another frightening reminder that lightning can strike with little warning, and the consequences can be deadly.

The frightening incident comes just days after another lightning strike shattered the lives of a family in Margate, killing a mother and her 2-year-old child.

The odds of being struck by lightning in Florida are about one in 500,000, experts say. If you hear and see thunder and lightning, go indoors as soon as possible. Stay away from water like the ocean or pools, and never stand in an open field or under trees.