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  2. Carrington Event - Wikipedia

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    The March 1989 geomagnetic storm knocked out power across large sections of Quebec, while the 2003 Halloween solar storms registered the most powerful solar explosions ever recorded. On 23 July 2012, a "Carrington-class" solar superstorm (solar flare, CME, solar electromagnetic pulse) was observed, but its trajectory narrowly missed Earth.

  3. March 1989 geomagnetic storm - Wikipedia

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    The March 1989 geomagnetic storm occurred as part of severe to extreme solar storms during early to mid March 1989, the most notable being a geomagnetic storm that struck Earth on March 13. This geomagnetic storm caused a nine-hour outage of Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system. The onset time was exceptionally rapid. [ 1]

  4. May 2024 solar storms - Wikipedia

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    The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13 May 2024 during solar cycle 25. The geomagnetic storm was the most powerful to affect Earth since March 1989 , [ a ] and produced aurorae at far more equatorial latitudes than usual in both ...

  5. Why tonight’s massive solar storm could disrupt ...

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    Programming note: Tune in to CNN NewsNight: Solar Storm, hosted by Abby Phillip and Bill Weir, tonight from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET. For the latest on the massive solar storm, head over to CNN’s ...

  6. Second major solar storm of year hits Earth as sunspot cycle ...

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    In 2012, a solar flare far larger than either the May storm or the one now in progress — described by NASA as “big enough to knock modern civilization back to the 18th century” — barely ...

  7. 2003 Halloween solar storms - Wikipedia

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    The Halloween solar storms were a series of solar storms involving solar flares and coronal mass ejections that occurred from mid-October to early November 2003, peaking around October 28–29. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This series of storms generated the largest solar flare ever recorded by the GOES system, modeled as strong as X45 (initially estimated at ...

  8. Will northern lights, solar storms cause cellphone, power ...

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    In addition to possibly bringing the northern lights to Ohio, a severe geomagnetic storm might knock out cellphones and the power grid. What to know. Will northern lights, solar storms cause ...

  9. Northeast blackout of 2003 - Wikipedia

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    Deaths. Almost 100. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT. [ 1 ] Most places restored power by midnight (within 7 hours), some as early as 6 ...