Not to minimize the devastation, but I seriously doubt that the loss of life will be anywhere remotely close to that. Seems like the rivers rose just gradually enough that it hopefully limited the lethality as compared to a more rapid onset event.
You act like the majority of people like Trump. That has never been and never will be the case. And right now even more people like Kamala and Walz over Trump and Vance... so what Walz says during the debate will likely resonate with the American people.
The +NAO was a symptom of the bloated tropical state (Hadley Cell/ITCZ broad and poleward-shifted). Now that system has begun its seasonal migration southward with the record warm waters and niña already in place.
Basically everything that tracks over the west-central tropical Atlantic over the next 3-4 weeks will likely develop.