Hurricane Fabian developed on 27 August from a tropical wave over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Its track followed a clockwise path around the western periphery of a subtropical high pressure ridge until it became extratropical over the far North Atlantic to the east of Newfoundland on 8 September. Fabian moved west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic from 27 August until 3 September while gradually strengthening to its peak sustained winds of 145 mph category four intensity on 1 September.

Fluctuating in strength for several days but remaining at least category three intensity the hurricane turned northward on 4 September and hit Bermuda on the next day with winds near 115 mph. Fabian caused four deaths in Bermuda as well as extensive damage estimated near 300 million US dollars. The total death toll of eight includes three fishermen who drowned near Newfoundland and a rip current drowning near Cape Hatteras North Carolina. Source: NOAA.