Question: Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane-force winds on the island of Bermuda, since Hurricane Fabian in September 2003, Hurricane Fabian was a powerful  hurricane, of which type, that hit Bermuda in early September during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season?

Context articles: 1943 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Juan
Hurricane Florence (2000)
1933 Trinidad hurricane
Hurricane Florence (2006)
Hurricane Gonzalo
Hurricane Fabian
Hurricane Alex (2016)
Hurricane Nicole (2016)
Hurricane Gloria

The 1943 Atlantic hurricane season marked the first deliberate reconnaissance aircraft flights into tropical cyclones.
 The season officially lasted from June 16 to October 31, which was, at the time, considered the most likely period for tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic Ocean.
 A total of ten storms from 1943 are listed in the Atlantic hurricane database, and an eleventh system that affected Florida and Georgia has been identified as a probable tropical depression.
 The first system of the year, dubbed the "Surprise hurricane", caused severe damage throughout Texas and Louisiana in June, partially because information about its approach was censored in the fray of World War II; the storm caused 19 deaths and $17 million in damage.
 A major hurricane in mid-August produced hurricane-force winds in Bermuda, and several other tropical cyclones throughout the year resulted in strong winds there.
 In September, a hurricane impacted the western Gulf Coast of the United States, then a tropical storm struck the Mid-Atlantic.
 The two storms resulted in $419,000 and $20,000 in damage, respectively; one death was attributed to the latter system.
 In mid-October, a strong hurricane resulted in flooding and damage to crops throughout the Caribbean; after becoming post-tropical, it contributed to moderate impacts across Nova Scotia.
Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone that heavily damaged parts of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003.
 Juan is also the first hurricane name and one of two to be requested to be retired by the Meteorological Service of Canada (the other being Igor of 2010).
 It was the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
 Juan formed southeast of Bermuda on September 24 from a tropical wave that had tracked across the subtropical Atlantic Ocean.
 It tracked northward and strengthened over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, reaching Category 2 strength on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale on September 27.
 The hurricane peaked in intensity with sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) that same day, losing some strength as it raced over cooler waters toward the coast of Nova Scotia.
 Juan made landfall between Shad Bay and Prospect in the Halifax Regional Municipality early on September 29 as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (160 km/h).
 Juan retained hurricane strength while crossing Nova Scotia from south to north, though it weakened to a Category 1 storm over Prince Edward Island.
 It was absorbed by another extratropical low later on September 29 near Anticosti Island in the northern Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Hurricane Florence attained Category 1 intensity on three separate occasions in mid-September 2000.
 The tenth tropical cyclone and sixth named storm of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence developed on September 20 from a cold front to the southwest of Bermuda.
 Initially a subtropical cyclone, it quickly organized, attaining hurricane status twice in a two-day period before weakening while remaining nearly stationary.
 Florence accelerated northeastward, reaching peak winds as a hurricane after passing near Bermuda.
 On September 17, the storm was absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone.
 Hurricane Florence threatened Bermuda during its third time at hurricane intensity, bringing tropical storm force winds to the island but causing no reported damage.
 However, three deaths in North Carolina were blamed on rip currents triggered by the hurricane on September 12.
The 1933 Trinidad hurricane was one of three North Atlantic tropical cyclones on record to produce hurricane-force winds in Venezuela.
 The second tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season, the system formed on June 24 to the east of the Lesser Antilles.
 It moved westward and attained hurricane status before striking Trinidad on June 27.
 The storm caused heavy damage on the island, estimated at around $3 million.
 The strong winds downed trees and destroyed hundreds of houses, leaving about 1,000 people homeless.
 Later, the hurricane crossed the northeastern portion of Venezuela, where power outages and damaged houses were reported.
Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane-force winds on the island of Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in September 2003.
 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.
Hurricane Gonzalo was the second tropical cyclone, after Hurricane Fay, to directly strike the island of Bermuda in a one-week time frame in October 2014, and was the first Category 4 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Ophelia in 2011.
 At the time, it was the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic since Igor in 2010.
 Gonzalo struck Bermuda less than a week after the surprisingly fierce Fay; 2014 was the first season in recorded history to feature two hurricane landfalls in Bermuda.
 A powerful Atlantic tropical cyclone that wrought destruction in the Leeward Islands and Bermuda, Gonzalo was the seventh named storm, sixth and final hurricane and only the second major hurricane of the below-average 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.
 The storm formed from a tropical wave on October 12, while located east of the Lesser Antilles.
 It made landfall on Antigua, Saint Martin, and Anguilla as a Category 1 hurricane, causing damage on those and nearby islands.
 Antigua and Barbuda sustained US$40 million in losses, and boats were abundantly damaged or destroyed throughout the northern Leeward Islands.
 The storm killed three people on Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
 Gonzalo tracked northwestward as it intensified into a major hurricane.
 Eyewall replacement cycles led to fluctuations in the hurricane's structure and intensity, but on October 16, Gonzalo peaked with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).
Hurricane Fabian was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that hit Bermuda in early September during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
 Fabian was the most recent major hurricane to directly impact Bermuda until Hurricane Nicole of 2016.
 It was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season, developed from a tropical wave in the tropical Atlantic Ocean on August 25.
 It moved west-northwestward under the influence of the subtropical ridge to its north, and steadily strengthened in an area of warm water temperatures and light wind shear.
 The hurricane attained a peak intensity of 145 mph (230 km/h) on September 1, and it slowly weakened as it turned northward.
 On September 5, Fabian made a direct hit on Bermuda with wind speeds of over 120 mph (195 km/h).
 After passing the island, the hurricane turned to the northeast, and became extratropical on September 8.
Hurricane Alex was the first Atlantic hurricane in January since Hurricane Alice in 1955, and the first to form in the month since 1938.
 The first tropical cyclone of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Alex originated as an extratropical cyclone near the Bahamas on January 7, 2016.
 The system initially traveled northeast, passing Bermuda on January 8, before turning southeast.
 It subsequently deepened and acquired hurricane-force winds by January 10.
 Slight weakening took place thereafter, and the system eventually turned east and northeast as it acquired tropical characteristics.
 On January 12, it developed into a subtropical cyclone well south of the Azores, becoming the first tropical or subtropical system during January in the North Atlantic since an unnamed storm in 1978.
 As it turned north-northeast, Alex transitioned into a full-fledged tropical cyclone on January 14 and became a hurricane.
 The storm peaked as a Category 1 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 981 mbar (hPa; 28.97 inHg).
 After weakening slightly, Alex made landfall on Terceira Island as a tropical storm the next day.
 Concurrently, Alex began transitioning back into an extratropical cyclone; it completed this cycle hours after moving away from the Azores.
 The system ultimately merged with another extratropical cyclone over the Labrador Sea on January 17.
Hurricane Nicole was the first major hurricane to directly impact Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in 2003.
 The fourteenth named storm, sixth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Nicole formed in the central Atlantic on October 4.
 The small, slow-moving storm defied forecasts by steadily organizing in spite of strong wind shear, and it rapidly intensified to a Category 2 hurricane on October 7.
 The wind shear finally took its toll by October 8, reducing Nicole to a minimal tropical storm, as a building high pressure system forced the storm southwards.
 Intensification began once again as the storm retreated towards Bermuda, and Nicole reached its peak intensity early on October 13 as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph (220 km/h) winds.
 Shortly thereafter, increased vertical wind shear weakened the storm to Category 3 status, and the eye of the storm passed over Bermuda later that day.
 Afterwards, Nicole accelerated northeastwards while gradually weakening, but significantly expanding in size as it traversed the Northern Atlantic.
 By October 18, decreasing sea surface temperatures caused the large hurricane to become extratropical as it accelerated northwards towards Greenland.
Hurricane Gloria was the first significant system to strike the northeastern United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and the first major storm to affect New York and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960.
 It was also the most intense Category 4 hurricane that did not attain Category 5 status until surpassed by Hurricane Opal in the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season.
 It was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, originating from a tropical wave on September 16 in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
 After remaining a weak tropical cyclone for several days, Gloria intensified into a hurricane on September 22 north of the Lesser Antilles.
 During that time, the storm had moved generally westward, although it turned to the northwest due to a weakening of the ridge.
 Gloria quickly intensified on September 24, and the next day reached peak winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).
 The hurricane weakened before striking the Outer Banks of North Carolina on September 27.
 Later that day, Gloria made two subsequent landfalls on Long Island and later western Connecticut, before becoming extratropical on September 28 over New England.
 The remnants moved through Atlantic Canada, eventually dissipating on October 2.