Severe solar storm arrives at Earth

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- A powerful solar storm arrived at Earth on Thursday, and may impact ongoing recovery efforts for hurricanes Helene and Milton, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun Tuesday evening, and arrived at Earth at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time Thursday at nearly 1.5 million miles per hour (2.4 million kilometers per hour), according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).