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This Hurricane Should NEVER Have Happened… So How Did It?

The Brief

  • Hurricane Catarina is described as the only hurricane on record to hit South America, and the video says meteorology held it should never have formed.
  • The episode tours hurricane regions around the world to explain how Catarina happened anyway.
  • The video says it uses Catarina to show how hurricanes really work and how they are changing.

Why watch · It examines a rare storm that defied conventional expectations about where hurricanes form, offering a window into hurricane physics and climate change.

  • Hurricane Catarina
  • South Atlantic hurricanes
  • Hurricane formation
  • Climate change

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Check out Weather Hunters on PBS KIDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhOb6Zvj98Y Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/PBSWeathered?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Weathered Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/weathered?srsltid=AfmBOoqD_u-BPUDcUpEZyzLnz95hLnizczYPEILsp1PXZM4XadRuxK_M For some reason, hurricanes are terrified of South America. In fact, as long as we’ve been keeping track, it’s only EVER been hit by ONE! Hurricane Catarina was the hurricane that, according to meteorology, never should have happened. So how did it? On this episode of Weathered, we take a tour of hurricane regions around the world to answer that question. And we find out what Catarina can teach us about how hurricanes really work, and how they’re changing. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra ***** Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 And keep up with PBS Terra on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/pbsdigitalstudios Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsterra Instagram: https://instagram.com/pbsterra