A solar magnetic storm will hit the Earth on Wednesday,  warned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to NOAA, a big sunspot, which is basically a large region appearing on Sun's surface, called AR2936 has quadrupled in size over the last two days.  due to this, a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) erupted into space following an M1-class solar flare shot into space in the early hours of January 30, said NOAA.

Reportedly, the solar magnetic storm is likely to hit the Earth on Wednesday. The CME could cause a G2-rated solar storm on Earth. Basically, the Solar storms are graded by their seriousness on a scale from one to five, with a G1 described as “safe” and a G5 as “Dangerous”. Solar Storm With Massive Speed of 1.6 Million KMPH Expected To Hit Earth This Weekend; Solar Winds Could trigger a Geomagnetic Storm Above Planet.

Solar storms are caused by CMEs, which are huge expulsions of hot material called plasma from the Sun’s outer layer. It is possible that, with the CME's arrival at Earth, we could experience a G2-class geomagnetic storm, reported Spaceweather.com. NASA said that the solar storm can cause possible power and communication outage.

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