Massive solar storm causes worldwide blackouts as experts warn the worst is yet to come

The sun has unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year, triggering strong radio blackouts across the globe. 

Just after 11:30 a.m. ET, a massive X2.7-class solar flare erupted from a newly emerging from a cold, dark region known as AR4087. 

X-class flares are the most intense in the solar storm scale — capable of disrupting communications, damaging satellites, and even threatening power grids on Earth. 

These flares are born from sunspots — dark, cooler areas on the Sun’s surface where intense magnetic activity builds up. 

When that magnetic energy is suddenly released, it can launch powerful bursts of plasma and radiation into space at the speed of light.

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