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.

As of Wednesday evening, Hurricane Gabrielle is a Category 2 storm about 900 miles west of the Azores. Gabrielle has sustained winds of 100 mph, moving east at 29 mph. Gabrielle is expected to still be a hurricane as it passes near the Azores late Thursday into Friday and a Hurricane Warning is in effect for all of the Azores.

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track a tropical wave over the Caribbean that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm and threaten the

Hurricane Gabrielle will bring dangerous wind, rain and massive waves to the Azores late this week before shifting toward Spain and Portugal as a tropical wind and rainstorm.

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 storm will bring heavy rain and damaging winds to the islands that are closer to Europe than North America

Forecasters say a hurricane warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle churns across open Atlantic waters on track for the volcanic archipelago. The Miami-based U.S.

Hurricane Gabrielle passed Bermuda Monday night as a powerful Category 4 hurricane and is moving into the open Atlantic, the NHC said.