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Scientists from several countries have detected 17 solar flares from a single sunspot, which would not be anything spectacular, except that two were headed for Earth and merged into a “cannibal coronal mass ejection” traveling at 3 million 27 1,599 km/h and hit last night. But what were its consequences?
By: The Herald
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration detailed that the two eruptions directed at Earth, released by the active regions 12975 and 12976 of the Sun on March 28 and the phenomenon impacted with the earth last March 31st.
It was a G3 storm, considered strong, which meant it could cause an aurora as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon in the United States, Live Science reported.
G3 Watch now out for 31 March due to combined CME effects. Also, a G1 Watch is in place for 30 Mar due to CME shock arrival and a G2 Watch for 1 Apr due to lingering CME influences. Visit https://t.co/4CNTc1qJlT for latest info and https://t.co/PuIgIldyfa for story. @NWS @NOAA pic.twitter.com/ftMJaqgfjU
— NOAA Space Weather (@NWSSWPC) March 29, 2022
Are “cannibal” storms dangerous?
Although the name lends itself to imagining doomsday scenarios, they could only interfere with Earth’s infrastructure, affecting communication systems and electrical devices on an unfathomable scale, but only if they are very massive.
The last time there were damages, according to NASA, in 1989, a 12-hour blackout was reported in Quebec, due to a solar storm and in 1859, in one of the largest known solar storms, it eliminated telegraph systems and caused auroras. in Hawaii.
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