Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. When the energized particles from coronal mass ejections reach Earth’s magnetic field, they interact with gases in the atmosphere to create different colored lights in the sky.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for much of the Bay Area, including San Francisco, in response to an atmospheric river bringing heavy rain to the region Thursday morning.

Storm Claudia is set to bring heavy and persistent rain to parts of the UK with amber warnings issued with risk of flooding and disruption.

Winter storm warnings spanned Mono County, as well as the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite National Park to Tulare County.

While rain drenched the Bay Area, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 shook the region near Vallejo, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A new clipper storm will bring bursts of snow, gusty winds and slippery travel to parts of the Northeast. As more cold air pours in from Canada, more lake-effect snow will unfold later in the weekend to early next week.

Northern Lights may dazzle again tonight as a severe geomagnetic storm reaches peak intensity across regions. Follow live.

The Patriots are wearing the uniforms for the first time in their Thursday night game against the New York Jets, which kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime. You can see a few more photos of the uniform below. And now, let's take a closer look at the helmet.