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Panama doesn`t receive hurricanes because it is too close to the equator - simply put, most hurricanes form hundreds of miles away from the equator, where the Coriolis force (the relative effect of the earth`s rotation on air flow) is too weak to set the storm system spinning, and giving it the terrible winds that characterize a hurricane and contribute to its destructive effects. Panama is luckily out of the hurricane zone, but it does receive a lot of the moisture from hurricanes to the north, so flooding and mudslides can be a side effect of nearby hurricanes.

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I was watching the history channel and they stated that a hurricane hit during the war of 1812 as well as a tornado. Which is the case of the troops retreating to baltimore.

Panama is rarely affected by hurricanes, but occasionally, it experiences severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area, near the Colombian border.