Eli5 Why do hurricanes spin?
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Points on the earth closer to the equator (low latitude) are moving faster than higher latitudes. This causes winds to rotate in that direction (counterclockwise in Northern hemisphere and clockwise in Southern hemisphere). This is the Coriolis force. It only operates on large scale winds though, sinks and toilets don’t rotate differently on different sides of the equator….
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