NORTHERN LIGHTS POSSIBLE, WHAT TO KNOW

(NEXSTAR) — A severe geomagnetic storm could bring the northern lights and possible technological effects to the U.S. to start the week, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center has warned.  On Friday, a “powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun,” the SWPC said Saturday. An associated M8 solar flare was also detected, which, while strong, is only the second-highest class of flares measured by space weather experts. SEE MORE AT Northern lights, infrastructure impacts possible due to ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm: What to know