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Hurricanes: What's Next? Teach-Out

Hurricanes 101 with Perry Samson / Lesson 7 of 9

Hurricanes in the classroom

3 minutes

In this video, the instructor invites viewers to examine a map showing the paths of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones since 1950 and question anomalies, such as why South America has fewer hurricanes. The instructor explains that hurricane formation dynamics are different in the South Atlantic due to a lack of perturbations like those generated by African sand storms, crucial for seeding hurricanes in the North Atlantic.

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