Hurricane Rafael is swirling over the Gulf of Mexico, where it’s expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out its power grid and collapsing homes.

Hurricane Rafael struck Cuba Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane and then started its move over the Gulf of Mexico.

Cuba was reeling from a fierce major hurricane that ripped across the island and knocked out its power grid, after ravaging parts of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.

Powerful Hurricane Rafael slammed into Cuba as a major hurricane on Wednesday. The late-season tropical system has now emerged in the Gulf of Mexico, but the question now turns to where it is going… ...

Hurricane Rafael is expected to turn toward the west and slow down in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.

It's only the 7th hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico during the month of November.

Hurricane Rafael has weakened into a tropical storm as it swirls through the Gulf of Mexico where it is expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out the country's power grid ...

Hurricane Rafael, a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of over 100 mph, was moving through open waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning after making landfall in Cuba the night before.

Forecast models show two different paths of Hurricane Rafael once the storm enters the Gulf of Mexico. One would affect Louisiana. Here's why storm's track is hard to predict.

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael swirled Friday through the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out the country’s power grid and collapsing ...

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael weakened into a tropical storm Friday as it swirled through the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba… ...

It's only the 7th hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico during the month of November.