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

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 ...

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.

Maximum winds were sustained at 100 mph on Wednesday am. The storm is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico later in the week.

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

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Hurricane Rafael is rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane before it slams ...

Rafael is expected to maintain hurricane intensity Thursday through Friday as it moves northwestward across the southeastern Gulf.

Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours, Rafael became a Category 1 hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the lower and middle Florida Keys from Key West to west of the Channel 5 Bridge.