Following Hurricane Erin, Hurricane Gabrielle has the potential to be the next storm homeowners need to prepare for.

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.

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.

Hurricane Gabrielle is weakening as it approaches the Azores, but the storm is still set to bring heavy rain and damaging winds when it hits the islands later on Thursday.

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

The storm is not expected to make landfall in North Carolina, but it could still bring dangerous conditions to the state’s coast.

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.

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

After a lull in tropical activity in the Atlantic earlier in the month, the Tropics have roared back to life. Hurricane Gabrielle continues to churn the ocean as it moves through the Atlantic. The storm has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph winds after peaking in intensity on Wednesday as a Category