From LiveScience:
An exceptionally rare, “quadruple” solar flare just exploded from four different points across the sun’s surface at almost the exact same time. The components of this interconnected, explosive tetrad may have also launched a solar storm toward Earth — which could potentially slam into our planet in the coming days. It is currently unclear what the combined power of the blast was. But given the large area covered by the sunspots, there is a decent chance that “at least some of the debris will be Earth-directed,” Spaceweather.com reported.