Severe geomagnetic storms will hit Sverdlovsk Oblast in the near future.
Over the past 24 hours, 15 flares were recorded on the Sun. Three of them belong to the second-most powerful class M — it is such events that can cause geomagnetic storms, astronomers note. Reported by the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy (XRAS).
— Today, in the time interval between 2 and 4 a.m. Moscow time, one of the largest prominences this year was ejected from the Sun; it had been observed over the past several days on the star's eastern limb and had during that time been gradually shifting toward Earth.
But, most likely, it will not hit Earth, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of IKI RAS and ISZF RAS reported.
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In Sverdlovsk Oblast, doctors saved the life of a man who was nearly crushed against a wall by a bus.
In Serov, a five-ton bus pinned local resident Alexander against a wall while he was working in his garage. A parked car unexpectedly rolled and literally flattened the man.
A KHL referee was suspended for life for an error in the match in which Avtomobilist lost.
A KHL referee was banned for life for an error made during a match in which Avtomobilist suffered defeat. In the 46th minute of the game, after a shot by defenseman Andrei Pedan, the puck did not cross the goal line.
Sverdlovsk Oblast will be hit by cold and freezing rain.
Variable weather is expected in Sverdlovsk Oblast on October 14. After overnight frosts, warmer air will move into the region, but rain will begin as early as the morning due to an approaching cold front.
A new district in Yekaterinburg was flooded.
A water main burst in the Svetly microdistrict — the street was flooded. On the morning of October 14, a utility accident occurred in the Svetly microdistrict on Koltsovsky Trakt — a cold-water pipe burst.
Sverdlovsk residents are being widely cheated by construction companies over the construction of private houses.
In Sverdlovsk Oblast, a registry of customers harmed by unscrupulous companies has been created. Since last year, families have increasingly been left without money or homes, and often saddled with debt.
Fourteen students were injured when a fourth-grader sprayed a pepper spray canister at a school in Yekaterinburg.
A pepper spray canister was discharged at School No. 76 in Yekaterinburg, located on Lunacharsky Street. Fourteen students were affected as a result. The press service of the Sverdlovsk Ministry of Health said the students did not require hospitalization.
Severe geomagnetic storms will hit Sverdlovsk Oblast in the near future.
Over the past 24 hours, 15 flares were recorded on the Sun. Three of them were of the M class, the second-most powerful — such events are capable of triggering geomagnetic storms, astronomers note.