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The Northern Lights Lit up the Sky

A G4-level geomagnetic storm caused rare aurora sightings across multiple US states, with impacts on GPS and electrical systems, NOAA reported.

  • On Tuesday, northern lights illuminated skies across much of the United States following a severe G4-level geomagnetic storm, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center reported.
  • A coronal mass ejection traveling 4.4 million mph struck Earth's magnetic field late Tuesday, causing auroras as solar particles collided with atmospheric atoms.
  • Stargazers and photographers nationwide posted images of red and green lights dancing in the night sky, visible near Valley Falls, Kan., Angeles National Forest, Northern California, Florida, Colorado and Washington.
  • The Space Weather Prediction Center warned the storm could interfere with GPS and electrical systems and informed FEMA and the White House about aurora visibility between 8 and 10 p.m. Wednesday.
  • With the sun near its 11-year activity cycle maximum, officials said this year’s active era is expected to last through year-end, increasing aurora recurrence risks, similar to this Sunday’s storm reaching Louisiana.
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KAKE News broke the news in on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
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