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What way do cyclones move?

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Cyclones (which are always low pressure weather systems) spin in a clockwise direction in the southern hemsiphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere (as viewed from space).

Anticyclone refers to a system rotating on the reverse direction so: anti-clockwise direction in the southern hemsiphere and clockwise in the northern hemisphere.

The word typhoon is sometimes used to refer to a cyclone that forms in the Pacific northwest, and the word hurricane to a cyclone that forms in the Atlantic or east Pacific.

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It has do do with the Coriolis effect. Air moving in the northern hemisphere tends to get deflected to the right. This gives northern hemisphere cyclones a counterclockwise spin as they pull air inwards. Air in the Southern Hemisphere gets deflected to the left, giving cyclones there a clockwise spin.

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Counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

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Cyclones in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise while those in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise.

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They could spin as fast 118 to 300 kmph

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