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[Lloyd Colston]

Major Flare Today: Sun Kicks Up Biggest Storm in Years
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 10:20 am ET
28 October 2003

Updated at 11:29 a.m. EST

The Sun today unleashed what appears to be the third most powerful flare
in
recorded history, a storm of charged particles that could hit Earth
midday
Wednesday with more effect than any since 1989, when power was knocked
out to
an entire Canadian province.

Depending on the storm's magnetic orientation, it could set off a
dramatic
display of colorful northern lights well into mid-latitudes of the
United
States and Europe.

<http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_flare_031028.html>


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