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Can cyclones hit Adelaide

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Cyclones cannot hit Adelaide. Cyclones form in warm tropical waters, and then follow warm currents, but no warm currents extend from Australia's warmer waters to the south where Adelaide is located.

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