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Equatorial Kelvin waves behave somewhat as if there were a wall at the equator – so that the equator is to the right of the direction of along-equator propagation in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of the direction of propagation in the Southern Hemisphere, both of which are consistent with eastward propagation along the equator. [1]
To put it in perspective, picture yourself standing on the equator, directly south of New York City. In fact, in the United States, this is the one city that has the highest hurricane risk.
The strongest hurricane to reach land was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (892 hPa). [12] The deadliest hurricane was the Great Hurricane of 1780 (22,000 fatalities). [54] The deadliest hurricane to make landfall on the continental United States was the Galveston Hurricane in 1900, which may have killed up to 12,000 people. [55]
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]
United States Central Pacific Hurricane Center: Equator northward, African Coast – 140°W Equator northward, 140°W-180 [2] Western Pacific: Japan Meteorological Agency: Equator-60°N, 180-100°E [3] North Indian Ocean: India Meteorological Department: Equator northward, 100°E-45°E: Southern Hemisphere: South-West Indian Ocean: Meteo France ...
The water warms as it crosses the world’s biggest ocean, which is why typhoons — the name for a hurricane in the western Pacific — occur in the western Pacific but not in the eastern pacific.
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Hurricanes have always happened, at least for as long as we have records. But two major hurricanes in just two weeks, both hitting the Florida Gulf Coast, is highly unusual if not quite unprecedented.