&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Florence_2006-09-10_1730Z.jpg) Florence approaching Bermuda on September 10 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 3, 2006 |
| Extratropical | September 13, 2006 |
| Dissipated | September 19, 2006 |
| Category 1 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 90 mph (150 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 974 mbar (hPa); 28.76 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | None |
| Damage | $200,000 (2006 USD) |
| Areas affected | Bermuda, Newfoundland, East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada, Iceland, Greenland |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane-force winds on the island of Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in September 2003.[1] The seventh tropical storm and second hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence developed from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on September 3. Due to unfavorable conditions, the system failed to organize initially, and as a result, the storm grew to an unusually large size. After several days, Florence encountered an area of lesser wind shear and intensified into a hurricane on September 10. It passed just west of Bermuda while recurving northeastward, and on September 13 it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone.
Florence produced wind gusts of up to 115 mph (185 km/h) on Bermuda, which caused several power outages and minor damage. Florence then brought heavy rains across Newfoundland as an extratropical storm, destroying one house and causing minor damage to several others. There were no fatalities as a result of the hurricane.
- ^ "Atlantic hurricane best track (HURDAT version 2)" (Database). United States National Hurricane Center. April 5, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
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