Athos Salomé
A viral prophecy meets the hard question of what, if anything, can be proved. Athos Salomé / Instagram

Athos Salomé, a Brazilian parapsychologist branded online as the 'Living Nostradamus,' has issued an urgent warning that a solar storm could trigger a global blackout between 12 and 15 March 2026, stoking fresh anxiety over whether 'WW3' is already unfolding in a world he says is tilting towards conflict.

The news came after Salomé's predictions for 2026 were repackaged and amplified across UK tabloids and viral outlets, with him presenting his most immediate claim as a space weather threat rather than a conventional geopolitical flashpoint.

Is WW3 Happening In 2026 As The 'Living Nostradamus' Warns?

Salomé's notoriety rests on a simple pitch: he says he has an 'unblemished record' of calling major events in advance, including Covid-19 and the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and he is now arguing that 2026 will bring shocks that feel less like isolated crises and more like a chain reaction.​

But the piece of his forecast he says scares him most is not an army crossing a border. It is the possibility that solar activity could, with little notice, knock out power and communications across multiple regions at once.

In interviews quoted by multiple outlets, Salomé says his view is based on 'consistent evidence' and frames solar storms as 'the most plausible scenario' for immediate, wide-scale disruption, adding that it 'deserves full focus' because of 'measurable signals' that could align with 'power cuts, communication failures and technological disruptions' in affected areas. He has also cautioned that solar activity can happen 'swiftly, without much warning,' which, in his telling, makes March a particularly delicate window.

What is not confirmed, and should be treated with a grain of salt, is whether any specific storm will hit on the dates he cites. Salomé himself is quoted acknowledging uncertainty, saying the risk of large-scale outages is real in susceptible systems but adding 'nothing concrete.'

Global Blackout Fear Meets Solar Storm Reality

The articles circulating alongside Salomé's warning lean on established terminology to explain the scenario. NASA is cited as describing a solar storm as 'a sudden explosion of particles, energy, magnetic fields, and material blasted into the solar system by the Sun,' with coronal mass ejections and solar flares flagged as the mechanisms that could rattle electrical infrastructure.​

The historical reference point used to give the threat some heft is the Carrington Event of September 1859, which NASA Science has described as severe enough to send telegraph systems haywire and make auroras visible far beyond their usual polar range, even into the tropics. That matters because the story being sold to readers is essentially a modernised Carrington nightmare, one where the vulnerable systems are not telegraph wires but satellites, aviation networks and the connective tissue of the internet itself.​

On that point, the reporting cites BBC Sky at Night Magazine as warning that an extreme solar storm could trigger aviation restrictions and satellite failures, complicating scientists' ability to track what is happening in real time. It also repeats the claim that the economic cost could run into the trillions, although none of the coverage quoted here provides a primary-source breakdown for that figure, so it should be read as an illustrative estimate rather than a settled accounting.​

Salomé's own language is strikingly managerial for someone selling prophecy. He is not describing visions so much as risk, instability and indicators, positioning himself somewhere between doomsayer and amateur analyst. It is also a neat rhetorical trick: if the storm does not land on schedule, the broader claim can still be defended as 'increasing instability' rather than a missed date.

Away from the sun, Salomé's 2026 dossier ranges into harder-edged forecasts about conflict. In a list attributed to him by The Express, he has predicted Northern Niger and the wider Sahel could become a hotspot as extremist factions rise, potentially pulling global powers into proxy confrontations after Western forces leave. He has also pointed to the Arctic as a potential theatre of direct friction, claiming Russia is positioning advanced missile systems at key installations as ice melt opens new shipping routes and energy reserves, raising the risk of confrontations with NATO over territory and resources.

His Iran–Israel prediction is presented in the tabloid coverage as having been overtaken by events, with the claim that hostilities escalated earlier than his projected timeframe, though the articles themselves do not supply documentation beyond assertion. The same goes for a grab-bag of additional predictions mentioned in passing, including a 'major event' involving the Royal Family, financial upheaval in Poland and the collapse of the dollar, which are listed without supporting evidence or timelines that would allow meaningful verification.

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