Hurricane (/ˈhɜːrʌkɪn/ HUR-uh-kin)[a] is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.

[2] Located roughly equidistant from Charleston and Huntington, it is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.

A party of surveyors commissioned by George Washington noted the site appeared to have been struck by a hurricane,[6] giving rise to the name.

[7] Less than 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Hurricane is a post office named Tornado.

[8] Hurricane itself can be traced back to 1873, when a railroad track was laid through the town and a small depot was constructed.

[9] Hurricane was a trading and residential town for tobacco growers and other farmers in the early 1900s.

The three oldest continuously operating businesses are: In the early 1990s, the old depot, which once served as the catalyst for the town's development, was torn down and replaced with a small gazebo.

The population increase resulted in the widening of Route 34, a connecting road to Teays Valley, and an expansion of Hurricane High School.

Hurricane has a massive, six-manual hybrid pipe organ (a combination of pipes and digital voices) with 456 stops, located at the Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church.

Built by Allen Harrah, formerly with Rodgers Organs, it was inaugurated on September 28, 2003.