Jesus told us all these things would intensify like birth pains leading up to His return.
He also said it would be like the days of Noah and Lot. Life would be "business as usual" up to the day He rescues the church at the start of the tribulation, taking most of the world by surprise.
How could it be both? Increasing natural disasters alongside normal life is quite the dichotomy. Yet, here we are.
This is just one of several things signaling the soon return of Christ. I wouldn't be surprised to meet Jesus in the air this year during the Feast of Trumpets. The question is, would you?