Why doesn't South America  get hit with hurricanes?
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Hurricanes form in regions known as "basins". If you look at where these are you'll understand why hurricanes rarely hit South America. (see link)
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There probably is no reason.  How many would drive from North America to South America to begin with?  You might find some (most people fly), but probably not enough to make the whole thing economically feasible to begin with.  \n\nThe reason a country, such as Panama, wouldn't build it is because they see no reason for building it.  They are going to be concerned with roads they need to serve the people who live there and pay the taxes, not people from other countries who only want to pass through.
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Well there are several possible explanations:\n\n1. It does not exist, but is just the result of confirmation bias. We only remember stories which confirm our preconceived notions, and forget the others. \n\n2. There are many dangerous waters there with reefs and rocks and islands, and many ships are destroyed this way. \n\n3. The topography of the area lends itself to occasional freakishly large waves which destroy ships. \n\n4. Methyl gas hydrates occasionally are released from the sea bed, causing ships to sink and planes to crash. \n\n5. It is a region with violent sudden storms like hurricanes.
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First off Brazil isn't a continent, it's a nation.\n\nAntarctica however is a continent and holds 70% of the world's fresh water, making it the clear winner.
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By "accure" do you mean "accrue"?  Well, hurricanes do increase in size (accrue) but only over moist, warm areas.  This increases wind speed and overall area (also why most hurricanes grow over warm oceans and occur near the Equator).
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The Eurpeans wouldnt have liked to undergo hardships in tropical parts of arfica. They are from milder climates, and they can not bear to work hard in trpoics. So they didnt conquer entire africa. If they had managed to do so, the entire world would be full of whites and yellows. And perhaps all the natives of africa would be working all over the word.
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This short-term increase is more so associated with ocean temperatures and their affects on hurricane formation. The tropical Atlantic has been warm, and ocean temperatures there and in the equatorial Pacific have provided a favorable environment for them - wind shear in the tropics tending to be weak.\n\nGlobal warming most likely is contributing to the longer-term increase (e.g., many more storms than normal the past decade).
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Unfortunatlly its completely impossible to predict that answer. Time has shown that the Atlantic Hurricane Season runs typically on a 30 year pattern. \n\nHowever, if you believe the global warming concept, then naturally the hurricanes could increase. Don't forget though, that Global Warming isn't going to disrupt only the Atlantic Basin, it will be a worldwide weather phenomina. Global Weather Patterns could change and even make Atlantic Hurricanes Disappear if the Atlantic Waters are cooled by polar ice melting.
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The formation of tropical cyclones (hurricanes) is the topic of extensive ongoing research, and is still not fully understood, however, there is a reasonably good article here to read up on current theories...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane
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Hurricanes are what scientists call "strong Tropical Cyclones". They are formed when large areas of the ocean become heated, and the air pressure over that area drops. This causes thunderstorms and strong surface winds. Cyclones develop over tropical or sub-tropical waters (for example, in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa, or in the Pacific). As they travel long distances gathering energy from the ocean, they are likely to be classified as strong Tropical Cyclones. When the winds of a tropical storm reach 74 mph, then the storm is classified as a hurricane.\n\nMore information on how hurricanes happen can be found on this good site : http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/creation.html
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The earth is on an axis so the sun doesnt cover the northern and southern regions as well ........i meant the polar regions in this statement
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ALL nations have some natural hazards.  Anything from flooding, earthquake, drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, landslides, take you pick.  Mongolia is VERY unlikely to ever have a hurricane, by the way
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I've heard yes and I've heard no.  We simply haven't been keeping weather records long enough to know whether current trends are caused by man or are just the earth's normal weather patterns.  Research suggests that hurricane activity may follow a huge thousand-plus year cycle, but we can't know for sure if that accounts for the two degree increase in world ocean average temperatures over the past fifteen years.
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Global warming melts the polar icecaps which dilute the salinity of the water. In a process we don't fully understand yet, this slows down the circulation of the undercurrents. \n\nThe earth is in a delicate climatic balance. One of the beneficial effects of "bad" storms(such as hurricanes) is that they act as an equilibrium- bringing cooler air towards the equator and warmer air towards the poles. If this is upset, the results often bring wild swings. \n\nSo if the pendulum swings too far, it could swing too far the other way.
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Excellent question!!  And one which is never fully explained on any weather forecast/ weather station....\n\nWeather conditions are controlled by the air currents over the Pacific Ocean, for the most part, first of all.  You can watch typhoons or Pacific hurricanes travel westward, until they reach a landmass, then these low-pressure storms will turn North-Northeast and follow the jet stream, until they are turned South-southeast ward, and affect the U.S. northwest states, Washington, Oregon, California.....\n \nThese extra-tropical storms keep their strength as they travel around the path of the Northern jetstream, droping rain and producing winds not unlike a hurricane, as they follow the jetstream paths around the world.  \n\nAfter these storms, these Pineapple Expresses, have traversed the United States, they again gain strength over the Northern Atlantic ocean, and then let go of the precipatation over Britian and Europe, where the Original storm dies.....\n\nAgain, excellent question.  Hope this enlightens you!!
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Hurricanes typically don't produce much lightning, but sometimes they can.\n\nHere is a website with some investigation about this.\n\n http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd16jun99_1.htm
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Because the US doesn't have monsoons.  Apparently various severe tropical storms get special names depending on the ocean of origin.  Hurricanes originate from the Atlantic.  America (US, Carribean, and Mexico especially) get hurricanes in particular because God is angry with them... Just kidding!  Particular areas get hit because of the flow of the Gulf Stream moving from Africa to the Carribean is apparently capable of building up a great deal of force!  Think warm, moist wind building up steam with no trees or other geographical feature getting in the way, all the while collecting moisture... Then slamming that into the islands and mainland...  Nasty stuff that...