More than a billion people without power. The distribution of drinkable water disrupted. Transportation, communication and banking upset. Trillions of dollars in damage.
Hurricanes, blizzards and other earthly tempests aren't the only natural forces with the potential to sow catastrophe.
Severe weather in the sun's outer atmosphere could knock out much of the country's power grid, incapacitate navigational systems and jeopardize Spacecraft.
While the odds of a solar disaster are relatively small, scientists warn that we need to ramp up our defenses against solar storms, especially given our increasing dependence on technology that is so susceptible to radiation from sun.
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