Can a hurricane "cross" the equator and still be called a hurricane? Explain?

Answer 1

Tropical revolving storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean (north and south of the equator) and in the eastern Pacific ocean (north and south of the equator. They are called typhoons in the South China Sea (north of the equator) and tropical cyclones in the South Pacific (south of the equator) and the Indian Ocean (north and south of the equator).

Now we have the geography sorted out, let's look at the question.

Hurricanes cannot form within 5° of the equator as the Coriolis effect is not strong enough to get them rotating. Coriolis is zero at the equator. The systems also form on the equatorial trough which is north of the equator in the northern hemisphere summer and south of the equator in the southern hemisphere summer. The steering winds are such that any system that forms on the trough will move away from the equator. It is impossible for a hurricane to cross the equator.

Answer 2

No. A tropical cyclone in the north atlantic basin or north east pacific is called a hurricane, west pacific = typhoon, and anywhere else it is just called some variety of a "tropical cyclone". A hurricane by definition has to be in the northern hemisphere so if for example "Hurricane Harley" crosses into the southern hemisphere (difficult or even impossible in reality), it would be called "Tropical Cyclone Harley".

Answer 3

technically yes
but hurricanes do not cross the equator
and there are different spots around the world where hurricanes are called by different names but it is all the same thing

Answer 4

nope nope nope