Overview
- As 2026 begins, mainstream outlets publish roundups of alleged predictions covering war, disasters, political upheaval and extraterrestrial contact.
- New articles cite Nostradamus quatrains—such as a “great swarm of bees,” “rivers of blood” in Switzerland’s Ticino, a seven‑month war and a “great man” struck by a thunderbolt—as fresh interpretations rather than dated prophecies.
- Baba Vanga is widely credited in reports with warnings of possible World War III, extreme natural disasters and potential alien contact, though original, dated sources are not presented.
- The season’s most concrete listings come from Old Moore’s Almanac, which is reported to predict severe flooding in Ireland, a catastrophic financial crash, pilotless cargo‑plane tests, early affordable household robots, four‑day workweek trials and a surprise royal pregnancy.
- Commentators repeatedly note that these claims are interpretive and unverified, and that the annual surge reflects cultural fascination rather than evidence‑based forecasting.