LONDON – A massive solar storm, also known as the geomagnetic storm, isexpected to hit the Earth on Thursday, March 15.
The storm can disrupt satellites and various forms of electroniccommunications, knock out power supplies, and trigger stunning auroras.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, the massive solar storm wascreated last week by an enormous explosion in the sun’s atmosphere known asa solar flare, and charged particles from that flare are now on their wayto our planet.
As per reports, the storm’s arrival coincides with the formation of‘equinox cracks’ in the Earth’s magnetic field, which experts believe formaround the equinoxes on March 20 and September 23 every year.
The geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magneticfield caused by radiation and streams of charged particles from the Sun.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a ‘G1’ storm watch.- AGENCIES