Natural phenomena or disasters of historic significance are often capitalized: the Great Plague; the Chicago Fire; Hurricane Katrina.

Do you capitalize hurricane in Hurricane Katrina?

6. “category three” hurricane is not capitalized. ... Examples: “Katrina was a category three storm prior to dissipating as a tropical storm.”, and “Tropical Storm Katrina dissipated after being classified as a hurricane.” Other terms to watch for capitalization are, “Northeast”, “Midwest”, “Nor'easter”, and “Arctic”.

Do you capitalize hurricane?

Capitalize the word hurricane when it's part of a storm's assigned name — e.g., Hurricane Dorian. Regardless of the hurricane's name, use it and its, not she, her or hers or he, him or his, in pronoun references. Hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones with a minimum sustained surface wind of 74 mph or more.