magnetic storm

NOUN

electrical storm

Synonyms

WEAK

geomagnetic storm

Example Sentences

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

One day last week a violent "magnetic storm" or disturbance of the earth's magnetic field broke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of the flare, a violent magnetic storm and a radio blackout, were observed from the South Pole to the Arctic and all around the equator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Striking the upper levels of the earth's atmosphere, they excited oxygen and nitrogen atoms into luminescence, also set off a magnetic storm.

From Time Magazine Archive

One was a singular magnetic storm which took place at Isle-�-la-Crosse during the preceding winter.

From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis