Sunspot Groups Pose Threat For Earth-Directed Flares Over Next Ten Days
Solar cameras have spotted two groups that pose a developing risk of Earth-directed flares, which will have a threat to communications and the sensitive should one go off. Nothing Earth-directed has struck yet, but it is being monitored through this week for them. Both groups have developing magnetic fields that will harbor the energy from X-class solar flares. 

Sun unleashes X-class flare from volatile sunspot
Sunspot AR1598 erupted on Oct. 23rd at 0322 UT, producing a strong X1-class solar flare.