Hundreds of Brits have reported seeing the Northern Lights from their windows tonight thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm that threatens to disrupt the world's power grids.
Hundreds of Brits have reported seeing the Northern Lights from their windows tonight thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm that threatens to disrupt the world's power grids.
Scientists previously raised concerns that the geomagnetic storm – the first to strike Earth in almost 20 years – has the power to disrupt power grids, mobile networks and GPS satellites. TYNE AND WEAR: The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glow on the horizon at St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the North East coastLINCOLNSHIRE: The Nothern Lights appeared in the sky above Skegness, Lincolnshire tonight as part of a rare geomagnetic stormNORTH LONDON: The Northern Lights in North London this evening as part of a rare geomagnetic stormESSEX: The Northern Lights captured in Essex - the sky turned purple and green as part of the geomagnetic...
On Thursday, a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch was issued for the first time since January 2005. Pictured: The Northern Lights over the UK
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