Question: at 0:50 (50 seconds), Splashdown gets sucked into a low-pressure vortex. As you know, when air if flowing from high to low pressure (the vortex

at 0:50 (50 seconds), "Splashdown" gets sucked into a low-pressure vortex. As you know, when air if flowing from high to low pressure (the vortex or a cyclone), it is deflected by the Coriolis Effect. The question:is the direction of spin of low pressure at 50 seconds in the clip correct ? Assume that the cyclone is in the Northern Hemisphere.

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