Hurricane Gabrielle won't impact Ireland
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There is an elevated risk of rip currents at North Carolina beaches. Here’s what to know about Gabrielle and two other disturbances.
The storm is not expected to make landfall in North Carolina, but it could still bring dangerous conditions to the state’s coast.
A year on from Hurricane Helene, there is another tropical storm that North Carolinians need to keep an eye on. Why it matters: The Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet so far, but meteorologists are tracking two (possibly three) named storms that may impact the Carolinas — Tropical Storm Humberto,
The storm, the second Atlantic hurricane of the season, is approaching the Portuguese islands west of mainland Europe.
The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. Monday advisory reported that Category 4 Hurricane Gabrielle is in the Atlantic Ocean, 180 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and 2,005 miles west of the Azores. With maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the hurricane is moving north-northeast at 12 mph.