▲ 471 ▼ No hurricane has ever crossed the equator (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/mapporn@lemmy.world 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) We had two cyclones in the last two/three months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think they were strong enough to be considered hurricane strength like Catarina. It's the only one on record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 2 years ago They were stronger than usual (we actually had several cyclones this year if we count all of them) so I'm assuming that's what OP referred to. I still slept through one of them without even noticing it so nowhere as strong as Catarina. This month's winds reached 2/3 the speed of Catarina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think they were strong enough to be considered hurricane strength like Catarina. It's the only one on record. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 2 years ago They were stronger than usual (we actually had several cyclones this year if we count all of them) so I'm assuming that's what OP referred to. I still slept through one of them without even noticing it so nowhere as strong as Catarina. This month's winds reached 2/3 the speed of Catarina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 2 years ago They were stronger than usual (we actually had several cyclones this year if we count all of them) so I'm assuming that's what OP referred to. I still slept through one of them without even noticing it so nowhere as strong as Catarina. This month's winds reached 2/3 the speed of Catarina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods permalink fedilink source parent