What is Hurricane Florence (2006)?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Florence | Type=hurricane | Year=2006 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hurricane Florence 2006.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Florence approaching [[Bermuda]] on September 10. | Formed=September 3, 2006 | Dissipated=September 13, 2006 | 1-min winds=80 | Pressure=974 | Damages=.2 | Inflated=0 | Deaths=None | Areas=[[Bermuda]], [[Newfoundland]], eastern [[United States]] | Hurricane season=[[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Florence''' was the first [[Atlantic hurricane]] to produce hurricane force winds on [[Bermuda]] since [[Hurricane Fabian]] hit the [[island]] in [[September]] 2003. The seventh [[tropical cyclone|tropical storm]] and second hurricane of the [[2006 Atlantic hurricane season]], Florence developed from a [[tropical wave]] in the tropical [[Atlantic Ocean]] on September 3 and followed the track of a [[Cape Verde-type hurricane]]. Because of unfavorable conditions, the system failed to organize at first, and as a result the storm grew to an unusually large size. After several days, Florence encountered an area of lesser [[wind shear]] and strengthened 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&nbsp;mph (185&nbsp;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. ==Storm history== {{storm path|Florence 2006 track.png|left|200px}} A [[tropical wave]] moved off the coast of [[Africa]] on August 29. It tracked slowly westward, and first showed signs of development two days later. On August 31, a second tropical wave left the coast of Africa at a faster speed than its predecessor. The two waves interacted, and by September 2 combined to form a large area of disturbed