They are tropical storms so why can’t they traverse the entirety of the tropics?
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>Why can’t hurricanes cross the equator?
As big and powerful as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones are, there is something even more powerful: the [prevailing trade winds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_winds#/media/File:Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg). Along the equator, the trade winds blow towards the equator. A tropical storm would have to travel upwind in order to cross from one hemisphere to another.
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