The solar flare triggered radio blackouts on the African and European continents and disrupted high-frequency communication on Earth’s sunlit part.\n<\/p>\n
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, its coronal mass ejection was “quite energetic” and the “fastest” CME observed so far from the sunspot group region.<\/p>\n
NOAA said forecasters were “evaluating<\/a> the situation and will make any needed geomagnetic storm watch adjustments soon” with two other CMEs anticipated to affect Earth overnight.<\/p>\n It was the latest in a series of<\/a> other large flares that took place Sunday and Monday.\n<\/p>\n Forecasters at NOAA were evaluating the sun’s activity and could increase the threat level according to the Space Weather Scales<\/a>. There is current a G3 watch in effect, which means there’s a strong chance a geomagnetic storm could disrupt Earth’s magnetic field and affect communications.<\/p>\n If NOAA raises the watch level to a G4, there’s a greater chance of widespread problems with electrical, communications and spacecraft operations on Earth. The highest watch level is G5.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, forecasters were evaluating the ongoing situation and could raise the current G3 watch to G4 or higher, NOAA added.<\/p>\n In December 2023, a large solar flare, the biggest since 2017<\/a>, likewise disrupted radio communication for 2 hours on Earth.<\/p>\n At the time it was “likely one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded,” according to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center.<\/p>\n \t\t\t![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Total-solar-eclipse-comes-to-15-states_1_1.jpg\")
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