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.

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories for Tropical Storm Rafael in the Caribbean Sea. Rafael is very close to hurricane strength. It will move into the Gulf of Mexico before weakening ...

Hurricane Rafael is continuing to strengthen as it approaches landfall in western Cuba on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Rafael should stay hurricane strength while in the southern Gulf of Mexico, but as it moves north it will encounter strong shear, dry air and cooler waters.

The latest tracks take Rafael on a likelier path towards Southeast Louisiana in your New Orleans weather forecast. For a more in depth analysis on Rafael, click here. Rafael will enter the Gulf of ...

With winds of up to 60 mph, Rafael is expected to become a hurricane overnight Tuesday. It could make landfall along the U.S.

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Hurricane Rafael was upgraded to a Category 2 storm Wednesday morning. As of 7 a.m. Rafael was 90 miles southeast of The Isle of Youth, and 160 miles south-southeast of Havana, Cuba ...

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

It is a warm and humid start to our Wednesday morning. Tropical humidity from Rafael is surging into the area this morning ...

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.