This year's Atlantic hurricane season had been relatively quiet before Hurricane Gabrielle. Gabrielle has continued to grow in strength this week, turning into a massive Category 4 storm in the central Atlantic. The weather system reached Bermuda on Sunday and impacted the US East Coast, from North Carolina northward to Canada's Atlantic coast. He said: 'Hurricane Gabrielle is expected to track close to the Azores later on Thursday and into Friday, before weakening substantially as it approaches mainland Europe. So far, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been surprisingly quiet and has significantly underperformed expert's predictions.