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 ...

Louisiana and Mississippi will need to keep an eye on Rafael over the weekend. While a hurricane landfall in these states looks unlikely, some of the hurricane’s moisture will probably become ...

Since the 1950s, when the most reliable hurricane record-keeping began, Texas has never seen a named storm come ashore in November, and Rafael is not likely to become the first. How can we say ...

"Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours, and Rafael is forecast to become a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean near the Cayman Islands with further ...

Hurricane Rafael has made landfall in Cuba as a Category ... at 74 mph, the storm becomes a Category 1 hurricane, and continues through Category 5. These classifications help officials predict ...

NOAA Hurricane Rafael has strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it continues to approach Cuba, where it's expected to make landfall later on Wednesday, Nov. 6 — but forecasters say the path of the ...

At 3 p.m. CST, the center of Hurricane Rafael was located near latitude 24.6 North ... even if the system hasn't become an ...

Cuban farmer Leonardo Abreu clambered over fallen banana plants in a field beside his home, taking stock of the wreckage two ...

It is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall in Cuba. Rafael’s sustained winds were around 110 mph this morning, with hurricane-force winds extending about 15 miles from its ...

This would eventually become Hurricane Rafael. At 4 p.m., Tropical Storm Rafael forms. A Tropical Storm Watch goes into effect for the lower and middle Florida Keys. Nov. 5 At 10 a.m., a tropical ...

Hurricane Rafael has shifted its path away from Florida ... even if the system hasn't become an actual storm. This gives residents time to prepare," Rhome said.

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.