Solar Storm 2024 Effects. Sparked over the weekend of may 10 by several outbursts from the sun , this space weather event was the strongest. Traveling at speeds up to 3 million mph, the cmes.

During the first full week of may, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (cmes) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward earth, creating the. The storm created beautiful auroras, causing skies to sparkle and.