• Africa and Europe experience radio signal blackout due to powerful solar flare
• Strongest solar eruption of 2025 disrupts communications

A massive solar flare yesterday caused a significant radio signal blackout across Africa and Europe, marking the strongest solar eruption of 2025 so far and the most intense since October 2024

The flare originated from the active sunspot AR4274, affecting high-frequency communications on the sunlit side of Earth

This follows a series of consecutive events from the same sunspot over the past two days, with the effects of the solar emissions reaching Earth in recent hours, causing strong disturbances in the magnetic field and potentially wide displays of the aurora in some areas

The solar waves weakened radio signals and also impacted communications for certain electronic devices in some regions