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.
Forecasters said the swells were likely to cause 'life-threatening surf and rip current conditions'.
After a sharp turn to the right Gabrielle is now heading back across the Atlantic towards the Azores.
