A 10-year-old boy who was struck by lightning in Hawaii says he is lucky to have survived.

Fifth grader Neziah Ki-lusi was among three people hit by lightning as rare severe weather and record-shattering rainfall hit the island of Oahu Tuesday night.

“I’m really thankful that I’m still alive ," Neziah told Hawaii News Now. “It felt like I got one big huge, one big huge shot from a gun in my hand.”

The other two people were struck on the tarmac at Honolulu International Airport. They were transported to the hospital in serious condition.

Only 20 to 30 thunderstorms hit Hawaii each year, according to the Western Regional Climate Center, and are more likely in winter than summer. They're even more rare in the lower elevations of the state, like Honolulu, where thunderstorms typically happen less than 10 times a year.

Neziah had tagged along with his father to pick up his mom and aunt at work in the Kalihi area of Honolulu, according to Hawaii News Now. The cab of the pickup was full, so he hopped into the truck bed in the rain for the ride home, a mile away.

Lightning hit an electrical transformer and then the truck as they were driving by. They saw a bright flash, and heard what sounded like fireworks.

“At first I never knew he got hit,” the boy’s dad, Niko, said. “All I see is him jumping on me and then he said ‘I felt it. I felt it.’ And I said, ‘You felt what?’”

Neziah said his mom called 911.

"I was screaming and the ambulance and the cops and the fire truck came."

He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries – some red streaks and small lacerations – to his arm.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu said 4.2 inches of rain fell at the city's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Tuesday, shattering the previous record for the day and month.

Standing water closed some roadways and Honolulu's fire and police departments responded to numerous calls of flooding , stranded cars, and downed trees, according to a statement from the city.

Josh Stanbro, Honolulu’s chief resilience officer, said the storm should be seen as a warning to prepare for climate change.

“Having a freak winter-type storm visit us in the summer and break all of our rain records for Honolulu is not normal, and not natural,” Stanbro said. “This storm has climate change fingerprints all over it and is a good reminder that in order for us to protect our island and our safety, we need to move aggressively (to) cut the cord to fossil fuels and make sure that we update our building codes and infrastructure to handle more severe weather.”