Western New York could be in for a treat Sunday night, June 1, as a G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm is expected to light up the skies with a display of the northern lights. Thanks to a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun,

The northern lights have been increasingly visible to more people in the U.S. since October 2024, when NASA and NOAA said activity on the sun’s surface achieved

Last spring, the strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades slammed Earth, producing light displays across the Northern Hemisphere. And last fall, a powerful solar storm dazzled skygazers far from the Arctic Circle when dancing lights appeared in unexpected places including Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.