They warn of a train of solar storms arriving on Earth within a few hours

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), formerly the National Weather Service, reported this Friday “Extreme Geomagnetic Conditions” For the first time since October 2003, they could continue on weekends.

This is a geomagnetic storm Potential to cause serious damage to energy and power supplies in different parts of the Earth, but they also predicted that it would leave unusual phenomena, such as the northern lights that have been seen in different areas of the Earth.

NOAA, the scientific agency that monitors the conditions of the atmosphere and oceans, released A warning on the G5 scale (maximum on the G1-G5 scale) after several days of intense solar activity that increased this Friday, as reported in a statement released on their social networks.

A G5 geomagnetic storm could cause widespread voltage control problems on the power grid, damage transformers and even cause complete blackouts.

“Geomagnetic storms can affect infrastructure in Earth orbit and on the Earth’s surface, potentially disrupting communications, electrical power grids, navigation, radio and satellite operations,” he detailed a while back. .

The agency also observed a moderate solar radiation storm that could put people traveling by plane at “high radiation exposure” and cause rare problems in satellite operations.

However, the same phenomenon that causes these blockages is also responsible for allowing the northern lights to be seen in places where they are not normally seen.

“Earth’s magnetic field directs the electrons in such a way that the aurora forms two ovals centered on the magnetic poles,” NOAA explains.

The last time an “extreme” G5 geomagnetic storm occurred was in October 2003, when it caused power outages in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa.