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No hurricane has ever crossed the equator (i.redd.it)
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

Because of things like Coriolis effect and convective currents, there just aren't winds that blow across the equator, not at the scale that would blow a hurricane from one hemisphere to the other anyway.

Winds tend to blow along and away from the equator, not across it.