Hurricane Gabrielle was a North Atlantic hurricane that caused flooding in both Florida and Newfoundland in September of 2001 . It developed in the Gulf of Mexico on the same day as the September 11 attacks ; after the attacks , flights were canceled nationwide for two days , and when Gabrielle struck Florida on September 14 , it caused a day of additional cancellations . The storm moved ashore with winds of near Venice , a city located south of the Tampa Bay area . The combination of the winds and heavy rainfall , which peaked at in Parrish , left 570,000 customers without power along the west coast and 126,000 customers without power on the east coast . The storm caused about $ 230 million ( 2001 USD ) in damage in Florida . In the Gulf of Mexico , high waves contributed to two deaths , one of which was indirect ; there was also a death due to flooding in Winter Haven
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Hurricane Gabrielle (2001)