by Michael Snyder
August 13, 2026 - We have experienced one natural disaster after another in 2026, and this week has been particularly crazy. The facts that I am about to share with you are absolutely insane. This weekend, the heat index could reach 115 degrees in some areas of the Southeast. A 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event has produced catastrophic flooding in the Midwest. By the end of this year, the state of Illinois could experience more tornadoes than any state ever has in the entire history of our country. On top of everything else, wildfires have now burned portions of every single national park in the state of Washington. Our weather patterns have not even been close to normal, but most of you already knew that.
Yes, we really are witnessing end times weather all over America.
The Midwest faced widespread damage Tuesday after a fierce line of thunderstorms produced a high-velocity windstorm called a derecho.
That high-velocity windstorm was so powerful that it actually caused a home in Portage, Indiana to explode, erupting into flames after it was hit by wind gusts up to 99 miles per hour.
Many refer to derechos as “inland hurricanes” because of the force of the winds.
In Illinois, one woman lost her brand-new barbecue grill and her entire roof to the howling winds.
A number of tornadoes also spawned in the Chicago area.
And as we have seen so many other times already this year, those tornadoes left behind very impressive trails of destruction.
Illinois has already shattered the state record for tornadoes in a single year. By the time 2026 is done, meteorologist Bill Snyder believes that Illinois will break the national record for tornadoes in a single year.
Following the derecho and the tornadoes, it started to pour in the Midwest. The rain just kept coming down hour after hour. Now some parts of Indiana look like they were just hit by Noah’s flood.
It would be difficult for me to overstate the severity of this disaster.
The city of New Castle, Indiana actually experienced a 1-in-1000-year rainfall event. That part of Indiana is not supposed to get 11 inches of rain; but it just did.
As the water rose all around him, one man saved his life by clinging to a light pole.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun has declared a state of emergency, and more rain is on the way.
Meanwhile, the Southeast is about to experience a different kind of emergency. Over the next few days, it will be covered by “the planet’s strongest heat dome”.
That is no ordinary heat dome; and things are going to get really, really hot for those that will be underneath it. According to meteorologist Jeff Berardelli, the heat index in some parts of the Southeast could reach 115 degrees.
If you live in the Southeast, please try to stay inside this weekend.
If you live in Hawaii, that advice applies as well.
Tropical Storm Lala just formed, and it is expected to strengthen greatly as it approaches the Hawaiian islands. Yes, Hawaii can get a lot of rain; but this storm is different.
We are being told that up to 20 inches of rain could fall, and if that happens it is likely that we will witness “life-threatening flooding”.
Before I end this article, I certainly don’t want to leave out the western portion of the nation.
Over 6 million acres have already burned in the United States in 2026, and most of that land is located in our western states. Things are particularly bad in the Northwest.
At this point, portions of every single national park in the state of Washington have burned. We have never before seen anything like this.
Many believe that the so-called “Godzilla El Niño” is the primary reason why we have been witnessing so many crazy weather events, and now we are being told that it has gotten even stronger. A lot of experts expect this “Godzilla El Niño” to far surpass the strength of any other El Niño in recorded history by a very wide margin.
If that turns out to be accurate, what we have experienced so far will just be the tip of the iceberg.
So buckle up and hold on tight, because it appears that things could get very bumpy during the months ahead.
