I suspected this was true just circumstantially. It was looking like the 2024 Atlantic season was going to pass into the history books without a single major (Cat. 3+) hurricane They have to try to "keep it real" (haha) after making their usual ridiculous bullshit predictions:

NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: La Nina and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures are major drivers of tropical activity (5/23/2024)

EDIT: This seems to have been a very unusually destructive storm:

Reports: Western NC Indescribable Catastrophe, May Be Way Worse Than Katrina: Thousands Missing, Total Blackout—No Food, Water, Cell Service, Or Radio In Worse Hit Areas—Why Weren't They Warned? (9/30/2024)