Hurricane Rafael strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday as the storm is expected to make landfall in western Cuba, which faces “life-threatening” storm surges and flash floods ...

Tropical Storm Rafael has now become a hurricane, with its projected path now uncertain. It made landfall in western Cuba as a major Category 3 storm in Cuba late Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6 ...

What was Tropical Storm Rafael became Hurricane Rafael on Tuesday evening. This makes it the 11th hurricane of the season. It’s expected to hit Cuba as a hurricane on Wednesday, then it’ll ...

Rafael is now a Category 3 hurricane as it nears the coast of western Cuba, and is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, damaging, hurricane-force winds and flash flooding to portions of ...

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 ...

Rafael strengthened into a low-end hurricane Tuesday night as it approached the Cayman Islands in the central Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said. The rare November hurricane was ...

Hurricane warnings cover western Cuba ... The risk of rainfall in the region comes as a surge of tropical moisture ahead of Rafael becomes intertwined with a decaying front.

Hurricane Rafael will move into the Gulf of Mexico ... From there, the storm's path becomes more unclear as it becomes subject to various steering forces. Rafael may meander for a day or two ...

Tropical Storm Rafael gained hurricane status Tuesday evening as it churned in the warm Caribbean waters on the way to the Cayman Islands and Cuba before heading for the Gulf of Mexico ...

"As the storm runs into that wind shear, it becomes harder to stay ... Tropical Storm Rafael is the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It follows Tropical Storm Patty, which ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC ... and would be called Rafael. There is an 80 percent chance the low pressure over the southwestern Caribbean Sea will form into a tropical depression over ...