Geomagnetic storm hits, experts reveal implications of potential power outages

The arrival of a geomagnetic storm today is causing some concern because of the impact it could have on different parts of the world.. A “minor” geomagnetic storm is expected to occur, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center announced. category G1, the weakest of the scales, which experts say could have minimal impact on telecommunications networks.

So, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center increases the likelihood to 60% that there will be “minor or moderate power outages” today, Saturday, the 27th, with a 10% chance that those outages will be major.

What are geomagnetic storms and what are their levels?

They are also called solar storms. geomagnetic storms They are disturbances of the Earth’s magnetic field and are caused by “a sudden increase in the amount of particles ejected by solar eruptions that reach the magnetosphere, causing changes in the Earth’s magnetic field”Report of the National Geographic Institute.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses the scale 5 levels, which is known as G-scale of geomagnetic storms. Level G1 is considered the most severe, level G2 is moderate, level G3 is strong, level G4 is severe, and level G5 is the most extreme.