Rafael strengthened Wednesday into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in western Cuba, where it was forecast to bring "life-threatening" storm surges, winds and flash ...

Hurricane season is not over quite yet. Rafael has exceeded expectations and has now undergone a period of rapid intensification across the central and western Caribbean Sea. On Tuesday at noon ...

Hurricane Rafael picked up in intensity and became a Category 3 storm before making landfall in Cuba Wednesday, forecasters said. Rafael's maximum sustained winds reached 115 mph before it made ...

Hurricane Rafael pulled away from Cuba Thursday morning after slamming into the island as a Category 3 hurricane and taking down its entire power grid for about 24 hours. A significant shift in ...

Hurricane Rafael formed over the Caribbean Sea Tuesday evening and is expected to rip through portions of Cuba Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after rapidly intensifying over warm waters. But once ...

Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 2 hurricane, is making its way toward Cuba after bypassing the Cayman Islands early Wednesday morning and Jamaica on Tuesday. Rafael is expected to hit western Cuba ...

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WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND, THE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES, THEN IN THE MIDDLE 80S AND EVEN EARLY NEXT WEEK FO After forming in the Caribbean on Monday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center is ...

With the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season in its final month, could Hurricane Rafael be the swan song of the season, or are there more storms to come? And, overall, what does the rest of hurricane ...

As Tropical Storm Rafael barrels across the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center predicts that powerful winds might impact the U.S. by Thursday night. The storm, which is expected to ...

Rafael was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night and is set to pass over the Cayman Islands after it passed near Jamaica earlier in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.