The aurora borealis is typically only visible in high north latitudes, but this time, it stretched as far south as Louisiana.

A second chance to view the magnificent auroras from a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun will arrive Saturday evening in case you missed the show the previous night.

Fort McMurray residents in neighbouring Alberta, Canada are also under an evacuation alert due to a blaze.

The northern lights were seen as Florida, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona on Friday. Saturday night could bring another spectacular display.