Early on, during the Oct. 1 vice-presidential candidate debate between Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, with flood waters still high in parts of the southeast from Hurricane Helene, CBS News anchor (and debate moderator) Norah O’Donnell said, “Scientists say climate change makes these hurricanes larger, stronger, and more deadly because of the historic rainfall.”

A week later, Florida populations who were still reeling from Helene felt the full brunt of another meteorological intruder, and disaster, with Hurricane Milton.

The storm spread a swath of wreckage and death northward to the blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.

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