Northern Lights arrive in Britain: Hundreds of Brits report seeing phenomena from their windows due to a severe geomagnetic storm that threatens to disrupt world’s power grids [Video]

Hundreds of thousands of Brits reported seeing the Northern Lights from their windows last night thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm that threatens to disrupt the world’s power grids. 

Pictures shared on social media showed large swathes of the country draped in a spectacular light display known as an aurora. 

Amazing shades of green and purple were captured in the skies above the UK including in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Tyne and Wear, Essex, Berkshire and Kent.

Scientists previously raised concerns that the geomagnetic storm – the first to strike Earth in almost 20 years – has the power to disrupt power grids, mobile networks and GPS satellites.

In North Tyneside thousands flocked to watch the Aurora Borealis light up the night sky above the ocean – grinding traffic to a standstill. 

The road along the coast from North Shields to Whitley Bay became gridlocked with stargazers waiting up to two hours …