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# This Hurricane Should NEVER Have Happened… So How Did It?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/weathered/episode/impossible-hurricanes-akirso/
- Published: 2026-10-09T16:00:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-09T19:30:11.000Z
- Description: Only one hurricane has ever hit South America. What does it reveal about how hurricanes really work?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Weathered, Season 8, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_b666f34c-7c2b-4189-87d0-7770aaadb718, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_589b897c-2e71-4cd9-800d-42e270df6522, #v1.16

For some reason, hurricanes are terrified of South America. As long as we’ve been keeping track, it’s only EVER been hit by ONE! Hurricane Catarina was the hurricane that never should have happened. So how did it? We’ll take a tour of hurricane regions around the world to answer that question. And we’ll find out what Catarina can teach us about how hurricanes really work, and how they’re changing.