Tropical Storm Gabrielle forms, may hit Bermuda

The National Weather Service on Wednesday announced the formation of the seventh named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Gabrielle. The storm’s current projected path for the next few days lies over open water northeast of Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center. But it could hit Bermuda, a British archipelago in the North Atlantic, by Sunday—though that forecast is uncertain until the storm forms a more stable center, according to the center.

Weather officials expect the storm to strengthen slowly and possibly become a low-grade hurricane by the time it reaches the Bermuda area. Its maximum sustained winds were around 45 miles per hour on Wednesday, with a chance that they will reach up to 74 miles per hour as the storm neared Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Dig deeper: Read Lauren Canterberry’s 2024 report on Hurricane Ernesto, which eventually hit Bermuda as a Category 1 storm.