An unusually strong geomagnetic storm could make the northern lights visible from the Lehigh Valley region the evening of Thursday, Oct. 10.

A large chunk of northern U.S. states could get a glimpse at the northern lights on Thursday night, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast, which predicts a strong showing of the natural phenomenon amid a potentially severe geomagnetic storm.

"The aurora may become visible over many of the northern states and some of the lower Midwest to Oregon," a statement from the Space Weather Prediction Center said.

A strong geomagnetic storm is primed to hit Earth, driving the northern lights as far south as Kansas and the Ohio Valley.

A severe geomagnetic storm is heading right for us, bringing with it the chance of auroras across the United States tonight and tomorrow. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center issued a "severe" (G4) geomagnetic storm watch yesterday after a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun's surface.

BOSTON - The northern lights could put once again put on a show in Massachusetts tonight and Friday night, according to the latest aurora forecast. You could say New England is becoming the "new Iceland.