And thus do you find with the generation of the tower of Bavel, that the L–rd exacted punishment of them with a strong east wind, viz. (Genesis 11:8) "And from there the L–rd scattered them on the face of all the earth," "scattering" connoting an east wind, viz. (Jeremiah 18:17) "With an east wind I will scatter them."
God Consistently Uses the Same Instrument to Punish the Same Kind
Mekhilta Tractate Vayehi Beshalach 5:10