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[[Image:North River Warren County Iowa.jpg|thumb|300px|The North River as viewed from the [[Great Western Trail (Iowa)|Great Western Trail]] in northwestern [[Warren County, Iowa|Warren County]]]]

'''Storm''' can refer to:

[[Image:North River Iowa.jpg|300px|thumb|The North River as viewed from a rural road in northwestern Warren County]]

* [[Storm]], a kind of severe weather

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* [[Storm (film)]], a 2005 film

The '''North River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Des Moines River]] in south-central [[Iowa]] in the [[United States]]. It is approximately 70 miles (115 km) long<ref name=Columbia>[http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/N/N04751-north-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for North River]</ref> and drains an area of 349.2 mi² (904.4 km²).<ref>[http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/activities/stream/monthly%20sites/northriv.htm Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Watershed Monitoring and Assessment: North River]</ref> Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the [[drainage basin|watershed]] of the [[Mississippi River]].

* [[Storm (comics)]], a fictional character in the X-Men comic series

* [[Storm (Don Lawrence)]], a Dutch science-fiction comic series and its protagonist

* [[Storm (soft drink)]], a caffeinated lemon-lime soft drink

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* [[Storm (disc jockey)]], a disc jockey in the duo Kemistry & Storm

* [[Storm (music label)]], a music label created by Michael Moynihan

* [[Storm (Theatre of Tragedy)]], an album by Theatre of Tragedy

* [[Storm (band)]], a Norwegian folk/black metal band

* [[Babylon Rogues #Storm the Albatross|Storm the Albatross]], a member of the [[Babylon Rogues]] from the video game [[Sonic Riders]].

The North River rises northeast of [[Casey, Iowa|Casey]] in southern [[Guthrie County, Iowa|Guthrie County]] and flows generally eastwardly through [[Adair County, Iowa|Adair]], [[Madison County, Iowa|Madison]] and [[Warren County, Iowa|Warren]] Counties, past [[Carlisle, Iowa|Carlisle]], into southeastern [[Polk County, Iowa|Polk County]],<ref>[[DeLorme]] (1998). ''Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-214-5.</ref> where it joins the Des Moines River 10 mi (16 km) southeast of [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]].<ref name=Columbia/>

In Madison County, it collects a short tributary known as the '''North Branch North River'''.<ref>{{Gnis|459561|North Branch North River}}</ref>

'''The Storm''' can refer to:

* [[The Storm (radio station)]], a UK radio station

* [[The Storm (EP)]], an EP album by Judge

* [[The Storm (band)]], an American 1990s rock band

* [[The Storm]], an occult society

* [[The Storm (Avatar: The Last Airbender episode)]], an episode from ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''

* [[Da Storm]], a [[1996]] album by [[Hip hop music|Hip Hop]] group [[O.G.C.]]

==See also==

'''Storm''' is the name of:

*[[List of Iowa rivers]]

* [[Theodor Storm]] (1817–1888), a German writer

* [[Storm Thorgerson]] (1944-), an [[England|English]] [[graphic designer]]

==References==

'''Storm''' may also mean:

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* [[Geomagnetic storm]], a disturbance of the earth's magnetosphere

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* [[Operation Storm]], a Croatian military operation

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* [[Lake Elsinore Storm]], an American minor league baseball team

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* [[Seattle Storm]], a WNBA basketball team based in Seattle, Washington

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* [[Save the Oak Ridges Moraine]] (STORM), a Canadian environmental organization

[[Category:Rivers of Iowa]]

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[[Category:Madison County, Iowa]]

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[[Category:Polk County, Iowa]]

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