Will A Solar Storm Hit Earth In 2024. Solar flares, eruptions on the sun’s surface and sunspots are expected to multiply and intensify throughout this year, as our yellow star enters its most active. The earth was hit monday by an intense solar storm that could bring the northern lights to night skies further south than normal, a us agency announced.

On may 11, 2024, at 07:28 am edt (1128 utc), extreme (g5) solar conditions were observed once again by the noaa’s space weather prediction center ( swpc ). A solar storm in 1989 caused blackouts in parts of canada, while in october 2003, a solar flare eruption expelled gigantic clouds of solar material.