[PJ-Comix]

How come we never hear about hurricanes or typhoons in the Southern hemisphere? Don't they have them there?

[dirtboy]

How come we never hear about hurricanes or typhoons in the Southern hemisphere? Don't they have them there?

They do. But there is less land area to be impacted. The NW coast of Australia gets hit, as does Madagascar and the SE coast of Africa.

[dirtboy]

How come we never hear about hurricanes or typhoons in the Southern hemisphere? Don't they have them there?

They do. But there is less land area to be impacted. The NW coast of Australia gets hit, as does Madagascar and the SE coast of Africa. Here is a summary of Southern Hemisphere cyclone activity:

South Indian Ocean. Over the waters west of 100ºE to the east African coast, an average of 11 tropical cyclones (tropical storms and hurricanes) form each season, and about 4 reach hurricane intensity. The season is from December through March, although it is possible for a storm to form in any month. Tropical Cyclones in this region usually form south of 10ºS. The latitude of recurvature usually migrates from about 20ºS in January to around 15ºS in April. After crossing 30ºS, these storms sometimes become intense extratropical lows.

Southwest Pacific and Australian Area (including the Southeast Pacific). These tropical waters spawn an annual average of 15 tropical cyclones (tropical storms and hurricanes), 4 of reach hurricane intensity. The season extends from about December through April, although storms can form in any month. Activity is widespread in January and February, and is in these months that tropical cyclones are most likely to effect Fiji,Samoa, and the other eastern islands.

[Capt.YankeeMike]

well, they are less frequent, why i am not sure. but they do occurr some real doozies form in the south pacific, but they track NW and cross the equator and hit places like samoa, New Guinea, the phillipines and taiwan.

Some big ones form south of the equator in the Indian ocean, and it always seem they hit Bangladesh...

something to do with the rotation of the earth i suppose.
The Capt.