Moscow-Sana
The Laboratory of X-Ray and Astronomy of the Institute of Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that it had detected a mid-level solar flare and the glow activity index rose from green to yellow.
The head of the institute, Sergey Cosin, told Sputnik that this flare does not pose a threat, but after two or three days it could cause a magnetic storm in the Earth's atmosphere.
Cozen pointed out that four to five cases of solar flare have been observed in the recent period, confirming that nothing unusual happened except for a small magnetic storm.
According to the institute and the data of the American satellite Joyce 16, a solar flare of the category (M) was recorded and the glow activity index rose from green to yellow, as the classification of magnetic storms consists of five levels from G1 to G5.
Strong storms disrupt communication and navigation systems in short waves, as well as cut power in industrial networks.