These are the 5 categories that measure geomagnetic storms
NOAA has developed a 5-level scale, ranging from G1 to G5, to rate any incoming geomagnetic activity, giving a crucial way to quantify the expected impacts
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‘Severe’ solar storm could trigger Northern Lights as far south as Alabama Friday night
NOAA has upgraded a geomagnetic solar storm watch from a level 3 ("moderate") to a level 4 ("severe") on Thursday as several solar flares hurtle toward Earth and are expected to combine.
3 skiers missing after avalanche crashes down popular Utah mountain peak
Search efforts are underway for three skiers who went missing after an avalanche was reported along Utahâs Lone Peak Summit Thursday morning.
Watch: Horse stranded on rooftop by floods in Brazil rescued by firefighters
Rescuers managed to save a horse that had been stranded on a rooftop for two days in a severely flooded Rio Grande do Sul town in southern Brazil.
Michigan man convicted of diverting Platte River in national park
A man was convicted this week on two federal charges after he diverted the Platte River by hand through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.
‘Good chance’ another arctic blast happens in February, polar vortex expert says
Don't "put a fork into winter" just yet warns a climate scientist, despite a little taste of spring this and next week after the deadly cold outbreak. Round 2 of winter could be on the horizon.
Great Lakes see feet of snow as lake-effect machine winds down
A surge of air over the still-warm Great Lakes fired up a widespread lake-effect snow event Friday and into the early weekend that brought inches to feet of new powder to downwind communities.
El Nino short term financial wins followed by losses in trillions
El Niño-spurred weather extremes take a toll not only on the U.S., but also on our wallets.
Atlantic hurricane season ranked 4th for most-named storms in a year despite El Nino
With 20 named storms this year, the Atlantic Ocean produced an above-average number of storms, NOAA announced on Tuesday.
US likely faces increasing wildfire risks as Americans build in fire-prone areas, study finds
The number of homes in wildfire-prone areas has doubled since the 1990s due to housing growth and an increase in burned areas, leaving many more families vulnerable to wildfires, a study published in the journal Science on Thursday found.