KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

The Northern Lights were visible across much of the Kansas City metro late Tuesday night, giving the metro a rare view of colorful auroras typically reserved for far northern skies.

The phenomenon followed a powerful solar flare and coronal mass ejection that sent charged particles racing toward Earth at speeds up to 4 million mph. Advertisement

The Space Weather Prediction Center earlier issued a G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm watch for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Several KMBC viewers across the Kansas City area reported seeing streaks and waves of green, pink, and purple light after 8 p.m., with photos flooding social media from northern Missouri to south Kansas City. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in anot

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