Here is a 14 minute factual video providing a history of the ability to intensify and radically change the path of hurricanes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jn2iAvFg-U
Hurricanes and fires have been used to transfer land ownership. This appears to be the situation in NC where destroyed towns will become lithium mines.
Another consequence of Helene is that the voting ability of the red part of NC has been wiped out.