We know that, due to the rotation of the earth, hurricanes in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise. Typhoons in the southern hemisphere rotate clockwise. But what if a tropical storm forms south of the equator and moves north. Does the equator kill it and the storm goes away? Would the storm continue, but without rotation? The storm winds would be so much stronger than the rotational force of the earth at that latitude, could the storm cross the equator and keep the same rotation, which would break the rules? Would it die as a clockwise cyclone and be reborn as a counter-clockwise hurricane?
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