Rafael strengthened into a low-end hurricane Tuesday night as it approached the Cayman Islands in the central Caribbean Sea, ...

Tropical Storm Rafael has now become a hurricane, with its projected path now uncertain. It made landfall in western Cuba as ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael grew into a major Category 3 storm Wednesday ahead of landfall in Cuba as it headed toward the Gulf of Mexico, while the ...

The central pressure was recorded at 956 MB. This is the first major hurricane since Michelle in 2001 to impact Cuba. As of Sunday, Rafael will remain a tropical storm through late tonight and ...

Hurricane Rafael is strengthening Wednesday afternoon as it reached category 3 strength with sustained winds of 115 mph. Category 3 or higher storms are classified as major, meaning they have the ...

Rafael, the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, continued to pick up steam Wednesday, strengthening into a major, Category 3 hurricane ahead of a western Cuba landfall.

At 1 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Rafael is moving at 14 mph. A northwestward turn with a little more acceleration is expected over the next few days, according to the NHC.

Hurricane Rafael surged toward Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm. But it will soon weaken in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say, and could break apart or not reach the United States at all. The ...

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire ...

Hurricane Kirk becomes a post-tropical cyclone ... This would eventually become Hurricane Rafael. At 4 p.m., Tropical Storm Rafael forms. A Tropical Storm Watch goes into effect for the lower ...