Solar storm WARNING: Devastating space weather could hit Earth by 2020
Solar storms can wipe out satellites, disable communications and render Earth’s navigations systems useless.
The US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) explained: “While the storms create beautiful aurora, they also can disrupt navigation systems such as the Global Navigation Satellite System and create harmful geomagnetic induced currents in the power grid and pipelines.”
Just this week, on Monday, January 28, space weather forecasters have warned a coronal hole had opened in the Sun and is facing the Earth.
Forecasters at SpaceWeatherLive warned “enhanced solar winds” are now barreling towards the planet in as little as three days.
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