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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 .
The Battle of Hurricane Bridge was a Civil War battle fought in Hurricane, West Virginia on March 28, 1863, preceding the Jones-Imboden Raid. [1] After being defeated, the Confederates continued on to Point Pleasant, attacking the town in search of munitions and supplies. The Battle of Hurricane Bridge directly contributed to the Union Army ...
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Website. putnamcountywv .gov. Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the 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]
62 total. Property damage. $1.4 billion (1985 USD) [ nb 1] 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 ...
Hurricane Agnes was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States at the time, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in damage. The hurricane's death toll was 128. [ 1] The effects of Agnes were widespread, from the Caribbean to Canada, with much of the east coast of the United States affected. Damage was heaviest in Pennsylvania, where Agnes ...
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:41 PM. A bus filled with Haitian people after Hurricane Jeanne devastates the area. On this day in 2004, Hurricane Jeanne crashed into Haiti. The deadliest storm of the ...
Hurricane Sandy(unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy)[1][2]was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricanewhich ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United Statesin late October 2012. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds ...