The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internally recognizes that a power grid failure resulting from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or a solar storm can pose great risk to the security of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington and the press call almost everything an "existential threat" these days. But the threat from a natural or man-made ...

The earth barely missed taking a massive solar punch in the teeth two weeks ago, an “electromagnetic pulse” so big that it could have knocked out power, cars and iPhones throughout the United States.

In Boyers, Pa., a recently opened 2,000-sq.-ft. data center has been purpose-built to protect against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), either generated by a solar storm or a nuclear event. The company ...

Last week’s “Friday the 13th solar flares” were one example of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Whether the event is natural or man-made, such an event could wreak havoc on our modern society, ...

In June, Maine became the first state to require a study of threats to the electric grid from weapons causing an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) effect and solar storms. The catastrophic consequences of ...

President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to boost coordination for and national resilience against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—both from nuclear warfare and natural events like solar ...

NBC’s new show, Revolution explores what life might look like 15 years after an EMP hits North America. The government has fallen, families must survive by harvesting their own crops, and warlords and ...