Do hurricanes move in certain directions? Detailed answer

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Do hurricanes move in certain directions?

A storm or hurricane looks like such a wild and indomitable phenomenon of nature that it is difficult to believe that it can move along a certain route. However, as far as we know, they are given names as the hurricane season approaches, and their paths are often quite accurately predicted.

In most parts of the world, most hurricanes move in certain directions. In the United States, for example, most major hurricanes are vast masses of counterclockwise swirling air around a central point of low atmospheric pressure. The reason they rotate counter-clockwise in the States is because when the winds blow towards the center of low pressure, the Earth's rotation deflects them to the right (in the Northern Hemisphere).

Let's get back to hurricanes. First of all, did you know that hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are practically the same thing? They are called cyclones in the United States, typhoons in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea, and hurricanes in the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. North of the equator, typhoons and hurricanes typically begin in late summer or autumn over warm tropical waters. They move west or northwest through the trade winds on a route that deviates to the right.

In subtropical latitudes, such hurricanes strongly deviate to the east and enter the zone of westerly winds. In the Southern Hemisphere, the same curved route is observed, with the only difference that here they deviate to the left.

And yet, despite the fact that a hurricane can be accurately predicted, and people and ships at sea are warned in every possible way, still, hurricanes cause terrible damage. A hurricane can move at 125 miles per hour!

Author: Likum A.

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Where did sugar come from?

There are many different types of sugar. It can be found in both animals and plants. But when people talk about sugar, they usually mean sucrose, the sugar found in sugar cane or sugar beets. Today, approximately 62,5 percent of the world's sugar production comes from cane and 37,5 percent from sugar beets. Plants that tasted sweet grew in New Guinea thousands of years ago. Ancient people often fought for the possession of these plants.

Later, with the development of civilization, sugar cane stalks were exchanged for other goods, and their use expanded. In this way, merchants spread sugar throughout the islands of the Pacific Ocean in its southern part, and also brought it to Indonesia, Asia and the Philippines. Sugarcane has been known in India, probably since prehistoric times. We know for sure that in 400 BC. e. cane sugar was widespread in India.

The first Europeans to learn about sugar cane were the conquerors who came to India with Alexander the Great in 325 BC. e. It has been described as a herb that produces honey without the aid of bees. From India, sugar cane culture and sugar production spread to Persia between 500 and 700. When the Muslims from Persia conquered the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and the Mediterranean, they introduced the habit of eating sugar in these countries.

Sugar cane was first introduced to the United States in 1751. Jesuit missionaries brought sugar cane from Haiti to New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1795, the industrial production of sugar began.

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