Hurricane (disambiguation)
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Weather Phenomena
- A hurricane is a type of storm, otherwise called a typhoon or tropical cyclone.
- On the Beaufort scale, hurricane is the name assigned to the highest wind-speed category.
Sports teams
- The National Hockey League franchise in North Carolina is the Carolina Hurricanes.
- Athletic teams from the University of Miami are known as the Hurricanes, or simply 'Canes.
Airplanes
- The Hawker Hurricane was a propeller-driven fighter aircraft used by the RAF.
Places
- Hurricane is the name of several places in the United States:
Events
- Operation Hurricane was the name given by the British to their first nuclear test, in 1952.
- The Hurricane Festival is a German rock music festival.
Literature
- The Hurricane is a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, about a Pacific Ocean hurricane.
People
- Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is a former boxer whose conviction for murder was overturned.
- The Hurricane is the stage name of a professional wrestler, Gregory Helms.
Movies
- The Hurricane (1937), directed by John Ford starring Dorothy Lamour, is based on the novel by Nordhoff and Hall.
- Hurricane (1979) is also based on the novel.
- The Hurricane (1999) is about Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
Music
- Hurricane is the name of a Bob Dylan song about Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
- Hurricane is also the name of a song by Something Corporate
- Hurricane is also the name of a song by Ani Difranco
- Like A Hurricane is the name of a song by Neil Young
- Hurricane #1 were a band consisting of Andy Bell, Alex Lowe, Will Pepper and Gareth Farmer.
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