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Hurricane (/ ˈ h ɜːr ʌ k ɪ n / HUR-uh-kin) [a] is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 6,977 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] Located roughly equidistant from Charleston and Huntington , it is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area .
Flooding, near-hurricane force winds in West Virginia In West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency in more than dozen counties and a state of preparedness for the others.
Pages in category "Hurricanes in West Virginia" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Hurricane Bob (1979) Hurricane Bob (1985) C ...
Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, its population was 57,440. [1] Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley. [2]
Hurricane Camille was a powerful, ... Many rivers in Virginia and West Virginia set records for peak flood stages, causing numerous mudslides along mountainsides.
The 1985 Election Day floods – also known as the Killer Floods of 1985 in West Virginia [1] – produced the costliest floods in both West Virginia and Virginia in November 1985. The event occurred after Hurricane Juan , a tropical cyclone in the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season , meandered near the coast of Louisiana before striking just west ...
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
Rainelle is a town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It sits at the base of Sewell Mountain and Sims Mountain, and is bisected by the Meadow River . The only means of transportation to and from Rainelle are roads; primarily US 60 and WV 20 , which merge on the western end of the town, and the James River ...