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.

Hurricane Rafael continues to intensify and is expected to be near major hurricane strength when the late-season tropical system makes landfall in Cuba on Wednesday.

Hurricane Rafael will eventually make it into the Gulf of Mexico, but the atmosphere will be hostile for a tropical system.

Rafael lashed the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday night, and the Category 1 ...

Rafael strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night, and that strengthening is continuing. The storm could make landfall in ...

MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA) - We are tracking Hurricane Rafael in the Caribbean. Overnight the storm gained strength and will be moving across the western tip of Cuba today. It will then emerge in the Gulf ...

Hurricane Rafael has grown into a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph as it heads for landfall on Cuba's southern coast.

For the North Atlantic… Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing ...

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.

After strengthening to hurricane status on Tuesday afternoon, Rafael is continuing to gain strength in the Caribbean as the system eyes landfall soon. Here's the latest: ...

Tropics threats for Jacksonville/NE Florida/SE Georgia: Rafael will move from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico with its ...

Hurricane Rafael continues to rapidly gain strength and remains on track to emerge in the Gulf of Mexico where millions of ...