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Rare South Atlantic Hurricane Heads Toward Brazil

jellisky writes "An unprecendented sort of weather event has been occuring recently, without much fanfare at all. A tropical cyclone in the south Atlantic is slowly drifting toward Brazil. The southern Atlantic ocean isn't exactly a hurricane hotbed, as pointed out by National Hurricane Center forecaster Jack Beven, "We know there hasn't been a hurricane in that area since at least the satellite era, the mid-60s at the minimum." The storm is a small one, though, but has estimated winds near minimal hurricane strength (74-95 mph). It's quite an interesting sight, perfect for piquing the weather curiousity that many of us have."

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  1. salsa by maddu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Brazilian mamba ?

    1. Re:salsa by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Wrong.
      Here we have not salsa, not mamba, but samba.