The goal is to punish the free market system for creating prosperity and to turn over control of the means of production to the communists.
The climate hoax is brainwashing 101 to elicit near total control over a populace!
PERIOD!
If flooding is a problem, add more retaining walls to keep water out. If flooding is on property, get better grains and sewers. I think there are places that are flooding but instead of small improvements, they go bonkers and choose the wrong methods to fix it.