By Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel (TNS)

Hurricane Gabrielle on Monday rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane while the National Hurricane Center increased the chances that two other Atlantic systems could develop into the season’s next tropical depressions or storms.

The NHC put out a special 9 a.m. advisory on the sudden growth of Gabrielle , which jumped from 90 mph sustained winds at 5 a.m. to 120 mph sustained winds. By 5 p.m. it had intensified further to a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph sustained winds. The storm is only the second hurricane of the 2025 season.

It was expected to move well clear of Bermuda into the open Atlantic, but two tropical waves farther south could be potential threats, including one that will bring rain to the Leeward Islands and Pue

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