On Sat. 5 Aug, two Sun flairs erupted and were expected to reach Earth on Tues. 8 Aug. with the possibility of causing geomagnetic storms.
By Mon. 7 Aug. five tornado and two severe thunderstorm watches stretched from AL to NY, with power outages and blackouts increasing across the East Coast and in California.
On Sun. 6 Aug. Typhoon Khanun departed Taiwan, though two days later on Tues. 8 Aug. China was readying to invade Taiwan in a lightning-fast 48 to 72 hour offensive.
A Typhoon was headed to South and North Korea.