Extreme geomagnetic storm hit South Africa at around 02:00 on 20 January 2026

[mylesillidge]

Extreme solar storm hits South Africa

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) space weather centre reports that a G5/Extreme geomagnetic storm hit the country at around 02:00 local time on 20 January 2026.

This comes after SANSA warned yesterday afternoon that South Africa should expect geomagnetic storm conditions to increase over the following 24 hours.

 

[saor]

My chakras are an absolute mess today.

 

[geezer]

So, has there been any reports of any adverse effects?

 

[Lupus]

You're 6 hours too late? The world has ended already

 

[My_King]

My peepee has been offline since 01:54

 

[Lupus]

My peepee has been offline since 01:54

That's cause you forgot to take your blue pill

 

[Hemi300c]

The Extreme geomagnetic storm took one look and decided nope the anc has fvcked it up enough and moved on.

 

[Jan]

A geomagnetic storm has to go far off the charts of "Extreme" before the fun apocalyptic stuff happens, like transformers exploding and electronics frying. I feel like the G-scale needs a bit of an overhaul.

 

[Monkeyz]

My chakras are an absolute mess today.

My Atcha too

 

[ghaye]

A geomagnetic storm has to go far off the charts of "Extreme" before the fun apocalyptic stuff happens, like transformers exploding and electronics frying. I feel like the G-scale needs a bit of an overhaul.

However "meh" doesn't win the clicks.

 

[Jan]

However "meh" doesn't win the clicks.

People getting to see the aurora down South is definitely not "meh".

 

[ghaye]

People getting to see the aurora down South is definitely not "meh".

Agreed, however I was referring to the "extreme" part.

 

[Smiggles]

However "meh" doesn't win the clicks.

Dark clouds gather

 

[Bigjay84]

Cadres rushing to register companies for geomagnetic storm repair tenders

 

[KleinBoontjie]

How is this affecting satellite TV if at all?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Did anyone see them Southern Lights though?

 

[ShaunSA]

In other news the sun rose in the east this morning

 

[Kaapie]

Did anyone see them Southern Lights though?

stop yout nonsense.
We been having electricity in lavender hills long time already

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Did anyone see them Southern Lights though?

I saw the Cape Agulhas lighthouse, yes.

 

[ToxicBunny]

stop yout nonsense.
We been having electricity in lavender hills long time already

Lies! Electricity is a western imperialist invention.