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From Iran’s crimson floodwaters to Europe’s battered coastlines, the world is confronting scenes that feel eerily symbolic, whether or not one believes in prophecy. On Hormuz Island, mineral-rich soil and torrential rain created blood-red streams that scientists calmly explained, even as social media framed them as omens. In the United Kingdom, surging seas tore into Devon and Cornwall, collapsing sea walls and rewriting coastlines that had stood for generations.
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