Considering a Type-1 Civilization has the ability to alter the weather... This isn't too far fetched. However, this begs the question: how does one manufacture a hurricane as a civilization below a 1? The conditions to artificially replicate one seem highly complex for today's current tech.
scroll the #hurricanehelene hashtag, i've been packing it with resources on exactly this TLDR: US Gov hasn't just had the ability to, they HAVE BEEN manufacturing/manipulating hurricanes for many decades. It's very well documented "Project Cirrus" and "Project Stormfury" are just two examples from nearly a century ago