The word hurricane originated with the ancient tribes of the Americas and their religious beliefs.
The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. He was blamed for every kind of violent weather.
A god that was considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huacan.
Today, a hurricane is not thought of as having evil intentions of its own, but it's still one of nature's most violent storms. It is a tropical cyclone, a rotating weather system that develops in the tropics. It is an intense weather system with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher.
