The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it.
Edit: The reason they don’t cross is not because of the Coriolis effect working against the original rotation direction if a hurricane crosses the equator, but rather because the storms are moving away from the equator
Does anyone know what the reason for this is?
The earth spins faster at the equator, which is the reason for the rotation of hurricanes. They spin counter clockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/
Edit: The reason they don’t cross is not because of the Coriolis effect working against the original rotation direction if a hurricane crosses the equator, but rather because the storms are moving away from the equator
https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/hurricanes.html