Solar storm puts on brilliant light show, but no serious problems reported
Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Friday, May 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Friday, May 10. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
The Aurora Borealis is seen over Plains, Montana on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said extreme geomagnetic storm conditions continued Saturday, and there were preliminary reports of power grid irregularities, degradation of high-frequency communications and global positioning systems.
But the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that as of midday Saturday morning, no FEMA region had reported any significant impact from the storms.
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