Radio communications were severely disturbed last week, and the local newspaper says that solar activity is to blame. Which types of solar activity could the newspaper be talking about?

when the displaced particles are perpendicular to the direction the wave travels, is called a transverse wave, whereas in longitudinal wave the displace practices are parallel to the direction of the wave.

in the given image:

first image shows - longitudinal wave

second image shows - transverse wave

third image shows - longitudinal wave

fourth image shows - longitudinal wave