{"id":1371828,"date":"2026-03-20T11:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/red-danger-level-a-powerful-magnetic-storm-hit-the-planet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:55:48","slug":"red-danger-level-a-powerful-magnetic-storm-hit-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/red-danger-level-a-powerful-magnetic-storm-hit-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Red danger level: a powerful magnetic storm hit the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A strong magnetic storm is expected to hit Earth on Friday, March 20. It could affect people&#8217;s well-being and the operation of technology, experts warn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/meteoagent.com\/ua\/solar-flares-geomagnetic-storms-forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is evidenced by<\/a> data from the meteoagent portal. <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/api.meteoagent.com\/widgets\/v1\/kindex\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 500px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Geomagnetic activity is measured by the planetary K-index, which ranges from 0 to 9. A reading of 5 or more indicates a severe storm. On March 20, the K-index is forecast to be 6.3, which is a red alert.<\/p>\n<p> The cause of such disturbances is the activity of the Sun: flares and coronal mass ejections, which affect the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field.<\/p>\n<p> Data on magnetic storms is constantly updated, approximately every three hours. Therefore, experts advise to monitor the forecast, as the strength of the storm can either increase or decrease.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>How the storm affects people<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Strong magnetic storms can make you feel worse. The most common symptoms are:<\/p>\n<p> headache and dizziness;<\/p>\n<p> increased fatigue and drowsiness;<\/p>\n<p> pressure fluctuations;<\/p>\n<p> irritability and anxiety;<\/p>\n<p> sleep problems.<\/p>\n<p> People with cardiovascular diseases, the elderly, and those who are weather-dependent are especially sensitive to magnetic vibrations.<\/p>\n<p> Experts advise getting more rest on such days, avoiding stress, drinking enough water, and not overloading the body.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong magnetic storm is expected to hit Earth on Friday, March 20. It could affect people&#8217;s well-being and the operation of technology, experts warn. This is evidenced by data from the meteoagent portal. Geomagnetic activity is measured by the planetary K-index, which ranges from 0 to 9. A reading of 5 or more indicates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1306617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76878],"class_list":["post-1371828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1306617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}