Hurricane Rafael intensified on Wednesday as storm-battered Cuba prepared for landfall and U.S. officials watched for potential impacts.

Hurricane Rafael swirled past the Cayman Islands and was expected to rapidly intensify before making landfall on Wednesday in western Cuba, where it's forecast to hit as a Category 2 hurricane.

This track to the west matches up nicely with typhoon “Yinxing” over the Western Pacific which will be moving near the far ...

According to the National Hurricane Center, Rafael is expected to bring hurricane-force winds along with a dangerous storm ...

Even without a landfall in Florida, the state is expected to feel some impacts from Rafael, starting as early as today.

Rafael has undergone rapid intensification and is expected to be a major hurricane before it makes landfall in Cuba later today,” forecasters with the Hurricane Center said Wednesday. “Rafael could ...

Hurricane Rafael is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane before it makes landfall in west Cuba later Wednesday.

Hurricane conditions are expected in Cuba Wednesday before Rafael emerges in the Gulf. Here at home, it turns breezy with showers on Wednesday and Thursday.

Hurricane Rafael continues to intensify as it spins across the Caribbean Sea, and forecasters now say the late-season storm ...

Hurricane Rafael barreled toward Cuba on Wednesday, forecast to make landfall in western Cuba as a major Category 3 hurricane ...

Hurricane Rafael upgraded from a tropical storm earlier this week and is on track to make landfall in Cuba. Here's what to know about the storm path.