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Scientists warn that solar 'space tornadoes' can trigger geomagnetic storms causing global internet outages, costing billions, and propose deploying a constellation of solar sail-powered probes for faster space weather detection to mitigate these risks.
Phone and internet services are gradually being restored across southern Illinois after a widespread outage affecting agencies, businesses, and schools. Clearwave Fiber, the apparent source of the outage, has not provided an estimated time for restoration, impacting polling places and potentially delaying election results for the General Election Primary in Illinois. 911 services are operational, but non-emergency calls are discouraged.
Thirteen countries across Africa experienced Internet outages due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables, with some countries still suffering from nationwide outages. The disruptions started in the northern part of West Africa and seemingly moved southward, affecting countries such as Ghana and Nigeria. Multiple undersea cables, including Africa Coast to Europe, MainOne, SAT3, and West Africa Cable System, were disrupted, impacting overall capacity on the continent. The cause of the cable damage remains undetermined, and this incident follows the recent cutting of undersea fiber cables in the Red Sea, which disrupted Internet traffic in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Damage to multiple undersea cables off the west coast of Africa has caused internet outages and connectivity issues across the continent, affecting mobile operators and internet service providers. The cause of the cable faults is currently unknown.