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Hurricane Gabrielle is strengthening in the Atlantic and is expected to bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to the East Coast.

Gabrielle is forecast to become a major hurricane but is expected to pass east of Bermuda and not directly impact North Carolina.

Forecasters are monitoring multiple other tropical waves in the Atlantic basin for potential development.

As a new system emerges east of the Windward Islands, Hurricane Gabrielle is strengthening in the Atlantic, where it is expected to bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to the East Coast.

Maximum sustained winds in the newly formed Gabrielle increased to 90 mph overnight, according to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center .

The disturbance trailing Gabrielle, located just

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