magnetic storm

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

It all reflected, said Dr. A. G. McNish, authority on the earth's magnetism, in Washington last week for a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the worst magnetic storm in a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day last week a violent "magnetic storm" or disturbance of the earth's magnetic field broke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of the flare, a violent magnetic storm and a radio blackout, were observed from the South Pole to the Arctic and all around the equator.

From Time Magazine Archive

This magnetic storm affected every telegraphic station in the kingdom.

From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)