Then we have become much more aware of space hazards—meteors, asteroids, and space weather. This latter one being the topic of the current Disaster Zone Podcast: Space Weather Warnings
I highly recommend you listen to this podcast to become much better informed of the disasters that can be caused by the sun's energy. The worst of these being a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
So you don't have to search for it, here is a link to the Space Weather Prediction Center You can subscribe at this link to their warnings