As Super Typhoon Haiyan slams into the ... Because of the Coriolis effect, these storms rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

tropical cyclones rotate clockwise. The weakest tropical cyclones are called tropical depressions. Waves brought by Typhoon Maria lash the shore in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province in China, July 11 ...

Clockwise-rotating storms are most common in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Australia; backward hurricanes in the Atlantic basin are extremely rare. Typhoon Nancy formed on Sept.

The term Typhoon is used for storms in the Western ... Cyclones and Typhoons rotate counter clockwise (same as the water as it flushes in your toilet!), while in the Southern Hemisphere the ...

A confluence of wind and weather factors has resulted in powerful Typhoon No. 10 traveling much ... While typhoons are intense rotating vortices that spin counterclockwise, they have little ...