
What is a space hurricane?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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What Are the Basics of the Cyclone Storm?
Thereis really no difference between a hurricane in the atlantic, or a tiphoon on in the northwest pacific. The only thing that differentiates them is where they happen. As these winds blow outwards from the centre of the storm, they start to curve. It's due to the coreolis effect - if the earth wasn't spinning, cyclones wouldn't spin either. So as air flows north from the equator curves to the east, and south from the north pole is going too slow to catch up with the air it's encountering. And so as sor to flows west, yo get this curving effect just due to the spinning of the earth, right?
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