On September 5, 2003, the Category 3 fury of Hurricane Fury was loosed uponBermuda. The storm claimed eight lives on the remote western Atlantic islands.Damages were assessed at $357 million.
The life of Fabian as a tropical depression west of the Azores Islands. Fabianstrengthened westward to a hurricane before veering northward to its strikeupon Bermuda. Fabian lost tropical status over the North Atlantic Ocean on theeighth of the month.
At peak intensity, Hurricane Fabian packed highest sustained winds of 145 mph,ranking it in the rather exclusive club of Category 4 Atlantic storms.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
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