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NOAA Upgrades Solar Storm Status to 'Extreme,' Warns of Geomagnetic Storm Impacts

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) -The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center has updated the solar storm status on Earth to... 11.05.2024, Sputnik Africa

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According to the center’s website, power systems and spacecraft operations may be impacted by the space weather conditions. The last G5 level storm to be registered was in October 2003 and resulted in power outages in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa, the website said. The Space Weather Prediction Center has forecasted that northern lights would possibly be visible in parts of the US.

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NOAA Upgrades Solar Storm Status to 'Extreme,' Warns of Geomagnetic Storm Impacts

09:39 11.05.2024

CC BY 2.0 / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Spectacular aurora lit the night sky from Europe to North America on August 3, 2010, thanks to a 12-hour long geomagnetic storm. The storm occurred as large clouds of charged particles from the Sun interacted with the magnetic field around Earth. As the particles zoomed along the magnetic field, they collided with and energized oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. When the energized atoms relaxed, they emitted light, providing a brilliant show.

Spectacular aurora lit the night sky from Europe to North America on August 3, 2010, thanks to a 12-hour long geomagnetic storm. The storm occurred as large clouds of charged particles from the Sun interacted with the magnetic field around Earth. As the particles zoomed along the magnetic field, they collided with and energized oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. When the energized atoms relaxed, they emitted light, providing a brilliant show. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 11.05.2024

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) -The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center has updated the solar storm status on Earth to "Extreme"(G5), the highest possible level.

According to the center’s website, power systems and spacecraft operations may be impacted by the space weather conditions.

The last G5 level storm to be registered was in October 2003 and resulted in power outages in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa, the website said.