Azores, Hurricane Gabrielle
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Red warnings issued for damaging winds, flooding rain and huge waves as Hurricane Gabrielle approaches the Azores.
A hurricane warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle raced Wednesday across open Atlantic waters on track for the volcanic archipelago, forecasters said. The Category 3 storm is forecast to weaken but still approach the Azores late Thursday as a hurricane,
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Hurricane Gabrielle to slam the Azores with destructive force, prompting hurricane warning
A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle continues to barrel across the Atlantic.
Portugal's Azores archipelago cancelled all tourist and recreational activities for 24 hours and shuttered schools and public services on Thursday, urging people to stay indoors ahead of the arrival of cyclone Gabrielle.
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.
Humberto is about 465 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest. It is expected to strengthen substantially over the weekend to become a major hurricane, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Humberto rapidly strengthened into a category 3 hurricane and is expected to intensify further over the Central Atlantic in the next couple of days, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Friday. The hurricane was located about 430 miles (690 km) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands,