The hurricane is in rarified air for storms in November, but will be in much different shape as it approaches the US.
"There is high confidence that human-caused climate change has already increased the intensity of rainfall in the storms," an expert told Newsweek.
Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours, Rafael became a Category 1 hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.
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.
Article last updated: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, 10 a.m. ET ...
A system in the Caribbean has just strengthened to become a tropical storm. Rafael became the latest named storm of the 2024 ...
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned that tropical storm conditions will impact the Florida Keys today as Category 2 Hurricane Rafael barrels toward the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Rafael has intensified to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph as it nears Cuba, posing ...
Rafael is expected to maintain hurricane intensity Thursday through Friday as it moves northwestward across the southeastern ...
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