An alternate or archaic spelling of 'hurricane,' a powerful rotating storm with very strong winds.
This is a variant spelling of 'hurricane,' which comes from Spanish 'huracán,' which in turn likely derives from Taíno (a Caribbean indigenous language) 'hurakán,' meaning a powerful spirit or storm. The 'harry' spelling variation represents how English speakers historically spelled the word before standardization.
This historical spelling shows how English borrowed weather words from Caribbean cultures, and different spellings stuck in different regions before dictionaries standardized how we spell things.
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