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.

Rafael strengthened into a hurricane before the its projected impact on Cuba Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane ...

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

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.

Hurricane Rafael is rapidly gaining strength as it approaches western Cuba, with forecasters predicting it could be near ...

Hurricane Rafael continued to strengthen on Wednesday as it neared Cuba, where it will make landfall later today. The National Hurricane Center said Rafael had 100 mph winds on Wednesday morning and ...

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

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.