One of the ever recorded hurricanes is Ecuador Even the nearest hurricane was 90 miles away. I mean, let alone a hurricane forming in Ecuador, they can’t even get close to it.

So why It was as if there was a divine force in Ecuador and hurricanes could not approach. Is there such a situation? Of course, science explains this too.

Let’s start with the basics. What is a hurricane?

Hurricanes, also called “tropical cyclones”; large-scale, violent, at a speed of over 118 km per hour tropical wind blows. They thrive on warm, moist air and are usually found in tropical seas where the water is above 26 degrees.

To understand why hurricanes cannot form in Ecuador, we must first understand how they form.

Hot water increases the water vapor in the atmosphere and the evaporated water creates high humidity in the atmosphere. This moisture is combined with warm air and the rise of water vapor. Hot, humid weather; It rises from the surface of the water and cools as it rises through the atmosphere. The air mass therefore expands and rises.

As warm air rises, low-pressure areas form in the area below. This creates a ‘void’ that draws in ambient air. The direction of the wind and the rotation of the hurricane, It is determined by the “Coriolis force”, the rotation of an object caused by the rotation of the Earth.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth’s rotation causes air to be pulled counterclockwise, causing hurricanes. counter clockwise causes it to spin. The opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere. So it rotates clockwise.

So why do they so rarely approach the equator and never cross it?

Although they form in warm tropical waters, hurricanes rarely form even within 200 miles of the equator. in 2003 Typhoon Vameiwas spotted 150 kilometers north of the equator, something that can happen once every 100 years.

Hurricanes; They do not form near the equator because no ‘Coriolis force’ occurs due to the Earth’s rotation. Since there is no slope, the “Coriolis force” is also zero. This way, stormy weather cannot become a hurricane. Likewise, we don’t see hurricanes crossing the equator because that means hurricanes have to stop spinning, change direction, and turn the other way to continue.

Hypothetically, it could be possible for a hurricane to surpass this. A violent storm, weak”It continues its acceleration on the “Coriolis force” and It may be powerful enough to advance towards the equator, but there has never been one.

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