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 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.

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.

Hurricane Rafael continues to gain strength as it heads toward Cuba, where landfall is expected Wednesday before the storm moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

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