Polar Storm

Polar Storm (also known as Pole Reversal) is a 2009 American-Canadian made-for-television science fiction-disaster-thriller film that is directed by Paul Ziller and was aired on Sci-Fi Channel on March 28, 2009. The film focuses on the Earth suffering a reversal of polarity, caused by the impact of the comet's fragment in Northern Alaska that sets off its cataclysmic, electromagnetic polar reversal storm. Plot In a dark television news studio, news anchor Lou Vanetti broadcasts as Earth approaches the final hours leading to Earth's magnetic field disappearing. Cynthia and her stepson Shane pass through a deserted Lindenville, Washington during the electromagnetic storm, only for the former to be "swallowed" into the ground after an earthquake. One week earlier, Lou discusses the comet Copernicus' path with Doctor James Mayfield, an astrologist and astrophysicist from the Storm Hazards Department (SHD). A piece of Copernicus splits off on a collision course for Earth. James' colleague Pam tries to warn James and his colleague Peter in North Alaska that the fragment will land not far from them, but interference cuts her off. The comet's fragment hits Northern Alaska, generating the shock wave blast bringing severe damage to Canada, Alaska, and the Russian Far East. Peter is among the quarter-million dead, while James Mayfield survives because he took cover in an avalanche bunker. He returns home to Lindenville and is displeased by the President's speech because of his near-death experience. While at home, their television set suddenly emits static, followed by an unknown tremor. Recognizing the Earth's tremor preceded by the EM disturbance, he tries to log into SHD to review the data Peter uploaded during the comet's impact. His access is blocked, its data classified by the administration, following the gag order of the whole department. He continues regardless as he becomes more suspicious when the sun unexpectedly sets at Eagle Peak.