Geomagnetic Storm 2024 Damage. A geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance of earth's magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind into the space environment surrounding earth. On thursday, may 9, 2024, the noaa space weather prediction center issued a severe (g4) geomagnetic storm watch, marking the first such event since.
Since the last major storm in 2003, the population of satellites in low earth orbit has surged. A severe magnetic storm commenced on may 10, 2024 at 12:06 eastern time.