The Brief

PHOENIX - It's been rather "stormy" lately in the Phoenix area.

On Aug. 24, a powerful monsoon storm made its way across the Valley, and on Sept. 1, a so-called "cannibal solar storm" could hit Earth.

The backstory:

Astronomers say they’re watching for a geomagnetic storm to hit, and are expecting it will be a sight to see, although not as bright in Arizona.

The storm is called a "cannibal solar storm," because the sun is expected to release two solar ejections, and one will engulf the other, or eat it. The result is a massive, chaotic cloud of plasma that some will crane their necks to witness.

"It is en route," said Shawn Dahl, a service coordinator for the Space Weather Prediction Center. "There are things that we look for that tell us that something is moving thro

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