Hurricane (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

• A hurricane is a type of storm, properly called a tropical cyclone.
• Hurricane is also the name of several places in the United States:
  • Hurricane, Utah
  • Hurricane, West Virginia
  • Hurricane, Alabama
• The Hurricane is the name of a 1999 film about the boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
• The Hawker Hurricane was a propeller-driven fighter aircraft used by the RAF.
• The Hurricane is the stage name of professional wrestler, Gregory Helms.
• The National Hockey League franchise in North Carolina is the Carolina Hurricanes.
• Athletics teams from the University of Miami are known as the Hurricanes, or simply 'Canes.
• Hurricane is also a Rock-Festival in Germany, see Hurricane-Festival
• The Hurricane is also the name of a South Seas novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. It was adapted for the movies in both 1937 and 1979.
• Operation Hurricane was the name given by the British to their first nuclear test, in 1952.