Northern Lights will be visible across most of US thanks to a 'severe' geomagnetic storm

The northern lights are expected to put on a breathtaking show over parts of the U.S. Sunday night due to a powerful geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

The storm reached “severe” strength early Sunday morning, strong enough to push the glowing aurora borealis further south than usual — possibly lighting up skies from Michigan and Washington State, down to Northern California and even Alabama, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

“This is going to be a great night to view the lights where skies are clear,” Shawn Dahl, a coordinator at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, told the New York Times.

According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, a geomagnetic storm may brew and lead to a rare display of the Northern Lights. den-belitsky – stock.adobe.com

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