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minus-squareSubtracty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 days agoCan someone smarter than me explain why South America is seemingly immune to hurricanes?
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-219 hours agohttps://www.ncesc.com/geographic-pedia/why-do-hurricanes-not-hit-south-america/ According to this, TL;DR- South America is further from the swirling warm winds of the topics than it looks, and the ocean temperatures are colder compared to the hurricane prone areas too due to how the oceanic currents work.
Can someone smarter than me explain why South America is seemingly immune to hurricanes?
I also want to know this.
https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-pedia/why-do-hurricanes-not-hit-south-america/
According to this, TL;DR- South America is further from the swirling warm winds of the topics than it looks, and the ocean temperatures are colder compared to the hurricane prone areas too due to how the oceanic currents work.