There have been many portents of late.
近頃は怪事が多い - 斎藤和英大辞典
There have been many portents―signs and wonders―of late.
近頃はよくあやしい事がある - 斎藤和英大辞典
A period of one year immediately before and after each age of calamity is called maeyaku (pre-age of calamity at which portents of calamity may emerge) and ato-yaku (post-age of calamity at which the fear of calamity may recede), respectively.
いずれの厄年にもその前後1年間に前厄(厄の前兆が現れるとされる年)・後厄(厄のおそれが薄らいでいくとされる年)の期間がある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス