On the morning of May 10 in Mexico, it's not uncommon to overhear the sound of children waking up and serenading the household. The crooning is a classic tradition for Mother's Day, or El Día de La Madre as it's called in Spanish. However, on May 10, 2024, singing wouldn't have been the only thing permeating through Mexican communities in the early hours of the morning.
That day, Mexico was hit by its most powerful geomagnetic storm in more than two decades — marking the first time gleaming auroras were observed in the country since the year 1989. This storm was so powerful it could actually be seen in countries as far away from the ice caps as you can get, including Italy and south of the U.K. The event was indeed the talk of the town. Auroras usually make up either the Northern Lights or the Southern Lights, but they certainly aren't expected to occur smack in the middle.
