Storm from high in 2011

This year, the number of storms from Vietnam will increase sharply, preparing for the strongest intensity of magnetic storms to happen in the next two years.

Aurora in southern Australia, formed during a strong magnetic storm.

Associate Professor, Dr. Ha Duyen Chau, former director of the Vietnam Institute of Geophysics said, while in the previous years storms from only 10-17 matches, it is predicted this year, our country will have to 20 to 25 matches, the maximum of the storms from 200 to 300nT (tesla-ano unit measuring the intensity of magnetic storms), Chau said.

However, it is not possible to know exactly the time, and how the scale of this probable storm will be, NASA's modern satellite can only be predicted 30 minutes in advance.

The Institute of Geophysics also made the comment that, by 2012, or 2013, the intensity of magnetic storms was the largest ever with 700 nT. On average, there are about 40 to 50 storms a year.

Recently, the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) forecasts the possibility of spherical booms in the next three days. According to Mr. Chau, this is only a forecast, it may happen or maybe not.

Dr. Ha Duyen Chau also said that magnetic storms with intensity of 200nT or more will affect human health . In bone, heart, brain, there are magnetic cells, so people with a history of cardiovascular and neurological diseases, osteoarthritis are very sensitive to magnetic storms. My bones and joints.

In addition, magnetic storms also affect artificial satellites and 500kV transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines, chemical impacts causing corrosion of petroleum pipelines.

Vietnam does not yet have statistics on the number of deaths related to magnetic storms as well as the effects of storms from economic life.