National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while
electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working
after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years.
Senior space agency scientists believe the Earth will be hit with
unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from solar flares after the Sun
wakes "from a deep slumber" sometime around 2013, The Daily Telegraph can
disclose.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-from-huge-space-storm-will-cause-devastation.html
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