The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active in the basin since 1997, with nine named storms as well as an additional unnamed tropical storm identified by the National Hurricane Center. 200
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Hurricane Gordon (2006)
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Hurricane Gordon was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected the Azores as a hurricane, and then parts of western Europe as an extratropical cyclone. The eighth tropical storm, third hurricane, and
2006 Atlantic hurricane season
…least seven in Haiti and the United States. Four hurricanes formed after Ernesto, including the strongest storms of the season, Hurricanes Helene and Gordon. In total, the season was responsible for 14 deaths and $500 million in damage. The calendar year 2006 also saw Tropical Storm Zeta, which arose in…
Gordon at peak intensity on September 14
Hurricane Gordon as seen from Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-115) on September 17
Hurricanes Gordon (top) and Helene on September 18
Wind damage from the remnants of Hurricane Gordon in Ferrol, Spain