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Extreme solar storm hits South Africa | SA News


The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) space weather centre reports that a G5/Extreme geomagnetic storm hit the country at around 02:00 local time on 20 January 2026.

This comes after SANSA warned yesterday afternoon that South Africa should expect geomagnetic storm conditions to increase over the following 24 hours.

The storm was caused by the arrival of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), which was triggered by a long-duration X1.9 solar flare on Sunday, 18 January at around 20:00.

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