Cyclone Gabrielle hits Azores less fiercely than expected


  • World
  • Friday, 26 Sep 2025

A view of the sea through a fence during the passage of post-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel island in Azores, Portugal September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

LISBON (Reuters) -Cyclone Gabrielle hit Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Friday with less intense winds and rains than expected, but still toppled trees and collapsed roofs, authorities said.

The meteorological agency IPMA had placed the islands on red alert for a weather event carrying extreme risk.

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