On Monday, a massive X-class solar storm, which is the most powerful class of solar storms, impacted the connections in the southern parts of Africa.
The eruption originated from sunspot region 3912, reaching its peak at 4:06 am EST (0906 GMT).
It was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME) which is a large plume of magnetic field and plasma from the sun.
When CMEs hit Earth they can cause an active geomagnetic storm which can leave auroras.
Space Weather Physicist Tamitha Skov wrote in a post on X: "The #solarstorm launched will graze Earth to the west. Sadly, the coming fast solar wind streams might deflect the structure even further to the west. Expect only mild impacts by midday December 11."
After the eruption of the solar flare, the communication, and the flow of the radio shortwave radio signal blackouts over southern parts of Africa.
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