What is the direction of wind surrounding the eye of a cyclone?

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In the clockwise direction of the south

In the counterclockwise direction of the north

Both (1) and (2)

None

answer is C.

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In the clockwise direction of the south and the counterclockwise direction of the north are wind directions surrounding the eye of a cyclone.
The rainbands, eye, and eyewall are the three primary components of a tropical cyclone. In the northern hemisphere, air spirals counterclockwise toward the middle (clockwise in the southern hemisphere) and out the top in the opposite way.

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