High pressure looks to spare the U.S. Gulf states from Hurricane Rafael impacts ...

Hurricane Rafael, a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of over 100 mph, was moving through open waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning after making landfall in Cuba the night before.

RAFAEL'S HISTORY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Rafael was named a Tropical Depression on November 4 at 10 a.m. when it was 310 miles southwest of Jamaica. The storm became a Category 1 hurricane on ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, carrying sustained winds of up to 115 mph that brought down the island's electrical grid before the system headed to ...

Hurricane Rafael remained a "powerful compact hurricane" as it slowly churned in the central Gulf of Mexico, U.S. forecasters said Friday. According to the latest update from the National ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Hurricane Rafael continues to intensify, now boasting a well-defined eye as it approaches Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Radar data from the Cayman Islands, along with observations ...

Editor's note: Hurricane Rafael has emerged in the Gulf of Mexico after making landfall in Cuba. Updates on this story have moved here. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Rafael made ...

Tropical Storm Rafael formed Monday afternoon in the Caribbean and was moving near Jamaica, where tropical storm conditions are expected later tonight. National Hurricane Center. Forecasters say ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday and continued to move toward the northwest Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The National ...