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Three rapid bursts of charged particles that erupted toward Earth from the suns burning-hot outer atmosphere on Wednesday could lead to stunning auroras across a wide swath of the US and a colorful hue as far south as Florida to start the weekend...
Tracking these developments, experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Space Weather Prediction Center issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch in advance of its arrival..
A geomagnetic storm of this intensity could make the aurora visible overhead from Seattle to Chicago to New York and Washington, DC, with auroras possible as far south as Oklahoma City and Raleigh, North Carolina..
The strongest geomagnetic storm in modern history was the Carrington Event, the result of an immense CME that reached Earth at the beginning of September 1859..
Modern power grids are designed with safety systems to protect equipment in the event of an electrical surge like the one induced by a strong geomagnetic storm..
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