Solar Storm 2024 May. Starting on may 7, at least seven coronal mass ejections, or cmes, charged toward earth and began storming our planet on may 10, which was when the. The flares came mainly from two active regions on the sun called ar 13663 and ar 13664.

Space weather forecasters have issued a severe (g4) geomagnetic storm watch for the evening of friday, may 10. When it came, it was even stronger than predicted, at “extreme” levels.