Why don’t hurricanes form near the equator

Coriolis force is expressed as Coriolis Force=2VΩsin A.  This is why there is no Coriolis force at the equator and why hurricanes rarely form near the equator. The Coriolis force is simply too weak to move the air around low pressure. Air prefers to flow from high to low pressure.

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They do form over the equator

Explanation:The equator is where water is warmest, the warm, moist air over the ocean rises upward from near the surface

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