2024 Solar Flare Internet Outage News. Nasa's solar dynamics observatory captured this image of solar flares early saturday afternoon. A destructive solar storm in 1989 caused electrical blackouts across quebec for 12 hours, according to nasa, plunging millions of canadians into the dark.
A looming solar superstorm in 2024 will wipe out internet connections, cellphone and broadcasting signals, and electricity worldwide, with its effects lasting a whole year. The first solar flare peaked at 6:07pm est on february 21, 2024, and the second peaked at 1:32am est on february 22, 2024.