Melissa Kitner-Triolo told the Baltimore Sun the storm was "pretty terrifying".

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White House Science Advisor John Holdren and Sir John Beddington, Science Advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron, in a recent joint article "Celestial Storm Warnings" published in the New York Times, warned that a solar flare from the Sun could cause a great geomagnetic storm, with catastrophic consequences for the United States and the world.

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As the sun set, a summer storm was gathering, and Henry watched lightning flicker across the clouds.

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Then, just after noon, a big storm caught me: yellow sun-flare, dulling to sepia.

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The storm is part of the sun's normal 11-year cycle, which is supposed to reach a peak next year.

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The storm struck May 31 when the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that the Southside Catholic Conference, a league of 21 archdiocesan grammar schools, predominantly white, had voted to deny admission to St.

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The Welsh - minus eight key players including Gareth Bale, Simon Davies and Danny Gabbidon - weathered Iceland's storm in the land of the midnight sun and Toshack's young side regained a foothold in this friendly.

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Sure, a big hail storm or the like will do a number on your megabucks rooftop installation, but the sun itself, the very thing those cells are designed to capture, gradually damages their internals, reducing efficiency.

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The storm started with a massive solar flare Tuesday evening and grew as it raced outward from the sun, expanding like a giant soap bubble, scientists said.

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