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.

The former Hurricane Gabrielle was expected to bring hurricane conditions including heavy rain, a storm surge and large, destructive waves to the Azores islands starting Thursday, despite being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone,

The remnants of Hurricane Gabrielle are hitting the Azores with strong winds, rough seas and heavy rain, but the storm will weaken as it approaches the European mainland this weekend.

Hurricane Gabrielle was barreling toward the Azores early Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center, which warned the autonomous region of Portugal to brace for impacts.

Hurricane Gabrielle is churning across open Atlantic waters toward the Azore Islands as forecasters warn residents of the archipelago to be on guard for a possible strike later in the week.

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

MIAMI (AP) — A hurricane warning has been issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gabrielle churned Wednesday across open Atlantic waters on track for the volcanic archipelago, forecasters said.

Forecasters expect a tropical wave near Hispaniola and eastern Cuba to become a tropical depression near the Bahamas over the weekend.

Portugal’s Azores, a remote volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, are directly in Hurricane Gabrielle’s projected path as the storm moves northeast this week. If it makes landfall, it will be the first hurricane in more than a decade to hit the island chain.

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.

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.