Usually, tornadoes in the U.S. rotate counterclockwise. Coriolis force, imparted due to the Earth’s rotation, causes air around low centers to circulate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.

Tornadoes do occur in the Southern Hemisphere, albeit at a greatly reduced frequency than in the Northern Hemisphere, primarily because it includes the U.S., which hosts about 75 percent of the ...

Hurricanes and low pressure systems do spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere. Tornadoes usually do, though not always. The behavior of the intense thundershowers that produce tornadoes ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Robert, who asks, "Do tornadoes rotate clockwise or counterclockwise? And why?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: The answer is both. Low pressure ...

Mike Moss: It is true that large scale low pressure systems in the Southern Hemisphere have winds that spiral into them in a clockwise manner, as opposed to the counterclockwise flow around lows in ...

It's often been said that our toilet water swirls in the direction it does due to whether it's north or south of the equator, but it's just a myth.