The weather in the eye of a hurricane is calm and clear because

A) low pressure exists directly above it.
B) hurricanes are symmetrical.
C) air is sinking there.
D) the winds on both sides of the hurricane travel in opposite directions, and thus cancel each other out in the eye.
E) none of the above


C

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