Solar Storm: Solar storm coming from space, likely to hit Earth in next 11 hours, internet may be closed
Space Weather has reported that the speed of this solar storm is 1260 km per second. it's been predicted that this solar storm may hit Earth by Saturday or Sunday. Even before the storm reached Earth, there has been a brief radio wave blackout in a part of the US.
This solar storm is thought the most powerful X1-class solar radiation of its kind. NASA officials have called it a major solar radiation. This solar storm has also been captured in real time video from the space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The most powerful class of solar radiation is understood as X class. After this, in decreasing order of strength, they're called M, C, B and A classes. This solar storm can affect the Halloween festival celebrated in America on 30 October. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the R3 (strong radio blackout) event was caused by an impulsive flare.
Due to solar storms, the outer atmosphere of the planet may be heated, which may have an instantaneous effect on satellites. this may cause interference with GPS navigation, portable signal and television system. Probability of interference is more in electric lines, which may also blow transformers. However, this can be rarely the case because the Earth's Magnetic field acts as a protective shield against it.
The 1989 solar storm was a cause of 12-hour power failure in Quebec, Canada, and voluminous people suffered. Similarly, In the year 1859, the foremost powerful geomagnetic storm, which destroyed the telegraph network in Europe and America. During this, some operators said that they'd suffered an electrical shock, while some others told that they're using their equipment without A battery. The aurora were so bright that folks across Northwestern America can read newspapers without light at midnight.