As the Azores prepares for effects from Hurricane Gabrielle, the Atlantic Ocean wasted no time in creating another named storm: Humberto, which also may become a hurricane this weekend.

Hurricane Gabrielle was expected to continue rapidly moving toward the Azores in the Atlantic on Wednesday, where the government has upgraded a hurricane watch to a warning.

The storm, the second Atlantic hurricane of the season, is approaching the Portuguese islands west of mainland Europe.

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Hurricane Gabrielle has weakened to a Category 1 storm in the central Atlantic. As of Thursday morning, Gabrielle was producing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph while moving E at 32 mph.

As part of its Portugal travel advice, which also covers Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores, the Foreign Office noted that there is a tropical storm warning in place for the Azores. It stressed: "Hurricane Gabrielle is expected to reach the Azores during the afternoon of 25 September ."

Gabrielle is starting to lose some steam as it moves over cooler ocean waters, which are less supportive of tropical systems. The storm’s thunderstorms are weak

A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle continues to barrel across the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center advised people in the Azores to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle which is now a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

Gabrielle is a powerful Category 4 hurricane over the Atlantic, and two tropical waves may become named storms that have the potential to impact the Southeast U.S. coast.