The “very rare” phenomenon that could affect the region favored by Argentines

Tropical storm Akara It hit the southern coast of Brazil from Sunday night until early Monday morning. This was a “very rare” incident that rarely occurs in the 21st century, the local meteorological agency highlighted. Mitsul.

In its latest storm update, MetSul Meteorology shared a satellite image showing the rare tropical storm's “cloud swirl over Atlantic OceanOff the coast east of Rio Grande do Sul.

In this region is the state of Santa Catarina and Florianópolis, one of the favorite cities for Argentines to spend the summer in the neighboring country.

Although according to computerized predictions The storm will remain in the open sea all the time without reaching land. “The hurricane’s strong wind field can extend for hundreds of kilometres,” Mitsol said, adding: “The system is expected to move southward rather than landward on the continent.”

The storm's impact will only be noticeable through high waves, scattered rain, and occasionally localized thunderstorms.

MetSul described Akara as “One of the rare events that occurred on the Brazilian coast this century“.

The last time a hurricane was named off the Brazilian coast was two years ago with Yaquican, which was classified as a subtropical storm and killed one person in Uruguay and another in Porto Alegre, leaving more than a million people without. electricity supply.

Akara is produced by Strengthening the low pressure center Which had previously gone through the stages of subtropical depression and tropical depression.

According to NOAA's satellite analysis, the storm intensified from a 2.0 to a 2.5 Dvorak tropical cyclone, causing the system to upgrade from a subtropical depression to a tropical storm (a 2.5 corresponds to sustained winds of 65 km/h).

The storm was named according to the official list of anomalous hurricanes provided by the Brazilian Navy. In this sense, akara is a type of fish in the Tupi language.

MetSul highlights that the storm is rare, because until then there had only been four on the coast of Brazil so far in the 21st century: Catarina (2004), Anita (2010), Iba (2021) and 01Q (2021).

Much Hurricanes, tornadoes, hurricanesAlthough few believe this, they are the same phenomenon: Storm system. However, its name changes depending on where it is produced.

If one of these storms occurs in the North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Northeast Pacific, it is called a “hurricane.” The name was given by the Caribbean god of evil, Hurricane. It was the ritual name of one of the creators of the world and humanity, in addition to being the god of fire, winds, and storms).

On the other hand, these storms in the Pacific Northwest are called “typhoons,” like the one that just hit the Philippines. In Greek mythology, Typhon is a terrifying primitive god associated with hurricanes, which were encountered by the gods of Olympus.

If they occur in the southeastern Indian Ocean or southwestern Pacific Ocean, they are called “severe tropical cyclones.” In the northern part of the Indian Ocean they are called “severe cyclonic storms”, while in the southwestern part of the same ocean they are simply called “tropical cyclones”.

As National Geographic also reflects, to qualify for these three, a storm's winds must reach a speed of at least 119 kilometers per hour.