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A solar storm is being monitored by the National Emergency Management Agency and national power grid owners Transpower, but so far, it isn't expected to cause disruption.
These events, also known as space weather, do not pose a physical threat to human health.
But with society increasingly dependent on technology, an otherwise harmless burst of radiation from the sun could easily disrupt business as usual, taking out the power grids and
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