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The night of 11th May, 2024, may well have been as intense. Southern Hemisphere aurorae were reported as far North as a place known as "1770", north of Bundaberg, Australia; and Northern Aurora down to Florida. 2001:8003:E40F:9601:61DA:9B2E:B7E0:CD1B (talk) 07:20, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder whether such information would be better presented on List of solar storms, rather than in this article? Praemonitus (talk) 16:42, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]