Hurricane /ˈhɜːrɪkɪn/ is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census.Hurricane is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.