Published: May 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM Sign up for our Newsletters Published: May 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM This lightning strike was captured by a viewer and taken from Memorial City on Saturday, May 23, 2026. HOUSTON – A staggering 56,000 lightning strikes lit up the Houston skies Saturday, produced by multiple storms thundering through the area. And those are cloud-to-ground strikes, according to CenterPoint Energy.