As the northern lights lit up skies across the U.S., here’s how agencies braced for potential disruptions to power grids and critical infrastructure.
SEATTLE — On Tuesday evening, the northern lights blew up the skies from Washington state all the way to Florida, visible to the naked eye in many places.
This type of strong geomagnetic storm, which this week was rated as G4 or “severe,” has the potential to disrupt communications and electrical systems, and puts the White House on higher alert.
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) is responsible for forecasting such events, which have spiked in the past few years as
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