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Hurricanes can cross the equator
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The evidence contains conflicting sources, with some meteorological literature referencing transequatorial movement and other references stating that no hurricanes have been known to cross the equator.

Evidence for · 1
Wiktionary: trans-equatorial
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On the other side of, or crossing the equator.: #: Birth of Hurricane Agnes—Triggered by the Transequatorial Movement of a Mesoscale System Into a Favorable Large-Scale Environment -Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 101, No. 2, pp. 177–179
Evidence against · 2
No Hurricane Has Been Known To Cross the Equator?
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No hurricane has been known to cross the equator.
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Handbook of the law of storms
1879 · cited by 0
encountered on the equator, nor are there any indications of one having crossed the equator. A remarkable … degrees apart, having the equator between them, and a vessel that crossed the equator while they were raging … storms next or towards the equator; and as the storms always move from the equator towards . [IS] It will
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  1. Wiktionary: trans-equatorialreferenceno side taken
  2. No Hurricane Has Been Known To Cross the Equator?fact-checkerno side taken
  3. Handbook of the law of stormsreferenceno side taken
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