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How a Solar Flare Amped Up Chaos of Hurricane Irma

July 31, 2018May 26, 2019 Adminnatural disasters

During Hurricane Irma’s advance over the Caribbean in September 2017, the sun coincidentally produced its own space weather. SPACE.COM This interfered with communication during the response to the severe terrestrial weather. That’s according to new research looking at how a 10-day period of high solar activity affected radio communication during the hurricane. The situation came to a head on Sept. 6, as Irma was approaching the Virgin Islands and the sun produced a gigantic X9.3 solar flare pointed toward Earth. This flare knocked out radio communication. “Space weather and Earth weather…

2016 Opens with Extreme Weather, Solar Storm

January 1, 2016 Adminflooding, natural disasters, solar flares, solar storm

As 2015 fades into history, storms are triggering chaotic weather and causing severe destruction in parts of the globe. Here’s a closer look at areas most impacted: United States: Historic flooding in St. Louis, Mo., forced authorities to shut down a second major highway, Interstate 55, on Thursday morning. High water rushed southward, threatening more flooding in southern Missouri and Illinois,Tennessee and Mississippi. The flooding has left at least 20 people dead in Missouri and Illinois, mostly involving vehicles that drove onto swamped roadways. Flooding along the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri,…