The northern lights above Manstone Rock on the Stiperstones in Shropshire on March 10 2024. (John Hayward via SWNS))
The most powerful Northern Lights in a generation "exposed weaknesses" in the U.K.'s infrastructure, experts have warned.
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Aurora over Bacup Rossendale, Lancashire, on May 10 2024. (Michael Almond via SWNS)
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