Displays of northern lights wowed skygazers across the United States on Tuesday night, reaching as far south as Florida and Texas. And the solar storm isn't over yet with more auroras and space weather impacts lasting through the week.

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.

Super Typhoon #UwanPH (FUNG-WONG) has made landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora. Max winds 185 km/h, gusts 230 km/h. TCWS No. 5 in effect. High risk of storm surge > 3.0m.

The country's transport networks are set to be tested in the coming weeks as winter brings an increased likelihood of extreme weather.

Fewer than two in five Aussies feel well-prepared for severe weather, despite four in five having already experienced it.